Holmes v. State

Dillard, Judge.

Following a bench trial, Kelvin L. Holmes was convicted of seven counts of forgery in the first degree. Holmes appeals his convictions and the denial of his motion for new trial, arguing that the trial court erred in admitting evidence that constituted hearsay and violated his right to confrontation under the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution, and that the evidence was insufficient to support his convictions. For the reasons set forth infra, we agree and thus reverse Holmes’s convictions.

Viewed in the light most favorable to the trial court’s guilty verdict, 1…