Beasley v. State
Annotate this CaseAfter a jury trial, Defendant was convicted of the murder of James Allen and the attempted murder of Gerald Beamon. Defendant appealed, arguing that the trial court erred in admitting Beamon’s testimony that Allen told Beamon he had shot Defendant the day before Allen’s murder. The court of appeals affirmed, concluding that the admission of the hearsay evidence was erroneous but harmless. The Supreme Court granted transfer on this issue, vacating that portion of the opinion below, and affirmed the admission of the hearsay testimony, holding that the statements fell within the hearsay exception of Ind. R. Evid. 804(b)(3), and therefore, the trial court did not err in admitting the challenged testimony on that basis.
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