Brown v. State

Defendant, Ruben Brown (defendant), appeals his judgment of conviction and sentence for first-degree murder. Although he raises several points on appeal, we find that only one merits discussion and none require reversal. Defendant contends that the trial court erred in denying his request for a severance when admitting evidence of a damaging statement allegedly made by the code-fendant to defendant on the day of the crime. Because we find the statement could have properly been considered at trial against defendant under the coconspirator’s statement exception to the hearsay rule, the trial…