People v. Garza

Defendant appeals his conviction of murder and sentence of 35 years’ imprisonment, raising the following issues: (1) whether he was denied his right to the effective assistance of counsel; (2) whether he was proved guilty beyond a reasonable doubt; (3) whether the trial court allowed inadmissible hearsay testimony into evidence; and (4) whether he was denied a fair trial by the State’s attempt to present evidence of motive and its comment on his failure to call an alibi witness.

Police officer Dubielak, the first witness called by the State at trial, testified that during the early morning…