State v. Raul Sanchez

¶1 Raul C. Sanchez (Sanchez) appeals from his conviction in the Twentieth Judicial District, Sanders County, of deliberate homicide. We affirm.

¶2 We restate the issues as follows:

¶3 Did the District Court improperly allow Aleasha’s statements to be introduced over Sanchez’s hearsay objections?

¶4 Did the introduction of Aleasha’s note violate Sanchez’s Sixth Amendment right to confrontation?

¶5 Did the prosecutor’s closing argument deny Sanchez the right to a fair trial?

¶6 Did the “lesser included offense” language of the mitigated deliberate homicide instruction impermissibly allow the jury to…