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Try CasePortal for FreeJ. Alpert agrees with the trial court’s decisions to use a police officer’s statements as evidence and to use coconspirator hearsay and text messages as evidence against a man convicted of felony murder, robbery and other charges. The officer told the court that when the man used the word “lick” in communication with coconspirators, the word referred to committing a robbery. The officer was not treated as an expert, but his experience in law enforcement, particularly his nine years in a robbery unit, was treated as reliable testimony in this case. Further, hearsay in this case was admissible because the information was directly relevant having come from coconspirators in the crimes. Finally, texts messages between the man and third parties are also admissible because they establish his preparation, motivation and intent to commit the crimes. Affirmed.