Breeze v. State

In this direct criminal appeal, appellant seeks review of both his conviction of second-degree murder and his sentence. He raises two issues: (1) whether the trial court committed reversible error when it overruled a hearsay objection and permitted testimony which it concluded was relevant to depict the victim’s state of mind; and (2) whether the trial court committed reversible error when it sentenced appellant as an habitual violent felony offender, because the predicate conviction relied upon was pending on direct appeal at the time of sentencing. We affirm appellant’s conviction without…