Thompson v. State
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The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the district court convicting Defendant of two counts of aggravated assault and battery, holding that the district court abused its discretion in allowing the hearsay testimony of two law enforcement officers at trial, but the error was not prejudicial.
Specifically, the Supreme Court held (1) the officers' testimony repeating the complaining witness's out-of-court statements was not admissible under Wyo. R. Evid. 801(d)(1)(B); (2) the district court abused its discretion in allowing the officers to testify to the complaining witness's out-of-court statements to explain their investigation; and (3) there was no reasonable probability that the verdict would have been more favorable to Defendant had the improper hearsay evidence not been admitted.
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