Lashbrook v. State

DICKSON, Justice.

The defendant, Daniel Lashbrook, appeals his conviction and sixty-year sentence for the September 1998, murder 1 of Duane Morton. Finding that the defendant's appellate claims of multiple eviden-tiary errors and excessive sentence are not compelling, we affirm.

The defendant first contends that the trial court erred in excluding evidence that a person other than the defendant had previously stated that the victim "was gonna die." As the defense began to present its case, the State requested a bench conference and moved to exclude anticipated testimony of defense witnesses that…