Lopez v. State

In challenging his conviction and sentences for first degree murder and other crimes, appellant Lopez raises three issues: 1) whether the trial court erred in failing to give an independent act instruction; 2) whether the court erred in admitting a note from appellant to a fellow prisoner; and 3) whether his two convictions for robbery with a firearm violate double jeopardy. Because there was evidence that appellant intended to participate in the robbery, the court did not err in refusing to give the independent act instruction. The court properly found that the state presented a prima facie…