Legal Opinion
State v. Chavez
Court of Appeals of Arizona
Decided September 30, 2010No. 1 CA-CR 09-0496PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SWANN, Judge.
¶ 1 Rodolfo Chavez appeals his conviction and sentence for Possession of Dangerous Drugs for Sale on the ground that the trial court abused its discretion by admitting, over his hearsay objection, text messages from callers seeking to buy drugs. Because we conclude that the text messages were admitted for a non-heai’say purpose, we affirm.
FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
¶ 2 The evidence at trial, viewed in the light most favorable to upholding the conviction, 1 was as follows. Police stopped Chavez at approximately midnight near Southern and Central Avenues in Phoenix because…
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