Lopez v. State

Judith Rogers, Judge.

The appellant, Domingo Lopez, was tried by jury in the Pulaski County Circuit Court, Fifth Division, along with a codefendant, Juan Murillo, on the charge of possession of a controlled substance (marijuana) with intent to deliver. The appellant was convicted as charged, and he received a fifteen year term of imprisonment. The codefendant, Murillo, was acquitted.

Appellant raises three points for reversal: (1) the trial court abused its discretion in denying the appellant’s motion to sever, since (A) an inadmissible out-of-court-statement of the code-fendant was used…