State v. Cotto

A jury convicted defendant of robbery, burglary, terroristic threats, and other charges after he and an accomplice burglarized his ex-girlfriend’s apartment while she, her pregnant sister, and her young niece and nephew were present.

In this appeal, defendant claims, as reversible error, that the trial court incorrectly instructed the jury on the State’s burden on the issue of identification; that the trial court improperly admitted certain statements as excited utterances; that the trial court erred when it precluded defendant’s proffered evidence of third-party guilt; and that the trial…