State v. Hinton

Summary

The court affirmed the defendant's convictions, holding that felony murder does not require proof that the person who caused the death was an accessory to the defendant's predicate attempted robbery. The evidence supported findings that the shooter participated in the attempted robbery and that the killing occurred in its course and furtherance, and the jury instruction therefore was legally sufficient. The court also held that the confrontation claim was waived and that the recorded interviews, considered under the governing case-by-case sufficiency approach, sufficiently supported the defendant's intent to commit attempted robbery.