Vazquez v. State

Maiker Vazquez (“the defendant”) appeals from his conviction and sentence for second degree murder and attempted kidnapping. We affirm.

As the trial testimony reveals, the defendant agreed to find a buyer for a large amount of Ecstasy pills that an acquaintance wanted to sell. Louis Vasquez (“Vasquez”) introduced the defendant to a buyer who took the pills without paying for them. Therefore, the defendant, his co-defendant, and the co-defendant’s girlfriend, Jackie Gonzalez, began looking for Vasquez to find the buyer.

In preparing to look for Vasquez, the co-defendant and Jackie traded in…