State v. Gholston

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Lockett, J.:

Defendant appeals his conviction of premeditated first-degree murder, an off-grid felony, and his hard 40 sentence, claiming that (1) the evidence was insufficient to conclude that the victim died as a result of the shooting and (2) his right to confrontation was violated by admitting audiotapes into evidence without playing them before the jury. He further claims that the trial court erred by (1) admitting autopsy photographs, (2) admitting gang evidence without a limiting instruction, (3) failing to give an informant instruction, (4)…