State v. Luckett

Petrich, J. *

— Fernandez Luckett appeals his conviction and sentence for first degree murder. He challenges the trial court’s denial of his motion for a mistrial. His argument is twofold. He claims that the introduction of his then unavailable accomplice’s hearsay statement implicating him in the murder violated his right to confront his accomplice. Next he claims that when the accomplice later in the trial became available and testified, the previously admitted hearsay statement unfairly enhanced the accomplice’s testimony. Luckett also challenges his sentence, claiming it is based on an…