Rana v. State

BARNES, Presiding Judge.

A jury found Kamlesh Rana guilty of criminal attempt to commit murder and criminal solicitation to commit murder. The trial court merged the solicitation count into the attempt conviction and sentenced Rana to five years in prison, followed by five years on probation. Rana appeals, challenging the sufficiency of the evidence, the admission of certain testimony, the trial court’s jury instructions, and his sentence. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

1. In reviewing Rana’s challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence, we construe the evidence favorably to the jury’s…