Escobar v. State

BLACKBURN, Presiding Judge.

Following a jury trial, Ricardo Escobar was convicted of trafficking in methamphetamine. He now appeals from the trial court’s denial of his motion for a new trial, claiming that the trial court erred: (1) in admitting his allegedly custodial statements to a police officer; (2) in failing to hold an in camera hearing on his motion to require the State to reveal the identity of its confidential informant and in failing to grant that motion; and (3) in allowing certain hearsay testimony by the investigating officer. Escobar also challenges the sufficiency of the…