Kerr v. Commonwealth
Annotate this CaseAfter a jury trial, Defendant was convicted of first-degree trafficking in a controlled substance, second-degree trafficking in a controlled substance, and being a first-degree persistent felony offender (PFO). Defendant appealed, contending, among other things, that the trial court erroneously admitted prior bad acts evidence and hearsay evidence. The Supreme Court reversed Defendant's convictions and sentences, holding (1) the trial court abused its discretion in admitting testimony of an anonymous tip that Defendant was trafficking pills because the anonymous tip evidence was inadmissible hearsay; and (2) given the extent to which the prosecutor focused on the anonymous tip in his closing argument, the erroneously admitted anonymous-tip evidence was not harmless.
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