Bonilla v. State
Annotate this CaseDefendant was convicted of murder and aggravated assault. On appeal, defendant challenged the sufficiency of the evidence and the trial court's admission of a hearsay statement into evidence against him. The court held that the evidence presented at trial was sufficient to authorize a rational jury to find defendant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt of the crimes for which he was convicted. The court also held that the trial court properly permitted one victim to testify about the other victim's statement, "He got me," under the dying declaration and res gestae exceptions to the hearsay rule because the statement was not testimonial and the Confrontational Clause did not prohibit the introduction of the testimony recounting it. Accordingly, the judgment was affirmed.
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