State v. Mezquia

¶1Jesus Mezquia was convicted of first degree felony murder in connection with the rape and strangulation death of Mia Zapata. Because we conclude that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in excluding "other suspect” evidence regarding Zapata’s former boyfriend or in admitting DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) evidence obtained in Florida and because the trial court’s preliminary ruling regarding ER 404(b) evidence has not been properly preserved for review, we affirm Mezquia’s conviction. The trial court’s imposition of an exceptional sentence, *121however, violated Mezquia’s Sixth Amendment…