Lopez v. State

BOARDMAN, Acting Chief Judge.

Appellant/defendant Darryl Raymond Lopez appeals his conviction of murder in the first degree and his sentence of life imprisonment with a mandatory term of twenty-five years without parole.

He raises four points on appeal, only one of which we need to discuss. That point is whether the trial court committed reversible error in allowing the state to introduce into evidence tape recordings of a conversation between an informant and appellant, absent testimony from either party that the recordings were made with his consent. This point has caused great concern,…