State v. Jorge A. Lopez-Orozco

W. JONES, Justice.

I. Nature op the Case

A jury convicted Jorge Lopez-Orozco (“Defendant”) of three counts of first degree murder. The district court imposed three concurrent determinate life sentences. Defendant appeals from the judgment of conviction based on two alleged evidentiary errors committed by the district court. First, Defendant argues the district court erred in finding that his brother was an unavailable witness at trial and permitting his brother’s preliminary hearing testimony to be read into evidence. Second, Defendant contends that the court erred in allowing his brother’s…