Hernandez v. State

Santo Hernandez appeals his conviction and sentence for first-degree felony murder. Hernandez raises two issues here. He challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to establish the predicate offense of trafficking or attempted trafficking in cocaine,1 and he argues that certain statements to a jailhouse informant should have been suppressed. Finding no merit to either claim, we affirm.

The Evidence at Trial

According to Hernandez’s pretrial statement,2 his longtime friend George Collazo asked Hernandez to see if he could find someone interested in buying some cocaine from Collazo. Hernandez…