State v. Garcia

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Allegrucci, J.:

Arturo Garcia was convicted by a jury of two counts of premeditated first-degree murder and one count of intentional second-degree murder. Garcia was sentenced to hard 50 sentences for each of the first-degree murder convictions and to 165 months’ imprisonment for second-degree murder. The three sentences are to run consecutively. Garcia appeals his convictions and hard 50 sentences claiming (1) he was denied his statutoiy right to a speedy trial; (2) the district court abused its discretion by admitting certain statements of witnesses;…