State v. Bester

Summary

The court affirmed the defendant’s convictions after rejecting three unpreserved claims. It held that the proposed categorical bar on appellate review of unpreserved confrontation claims was unwarranted, but the gunshot-residue claim failed because the record did not reveal whether the absent analyst’s materials were testimonial. The claims concerning the prosecutor’s questions also failed because the questions did not introduce hearsay into evidence and did not establish prosecutorial impropriety.