State v. Carter

HAIRE, Presiding Judge.

Jesse Carter, Jr., Ill, was tried in the Superior Court of Maricopa County, before a jury, and found guilty of aggravated battery and aggravated assault. A judgment of conviction was entered and the court imposed concurrent sentences of 3 to 4 years and 4 to 5 years, respectively. Two questions have been raised on this appeal: was it error for the trial court to permit the preliminary hearing testimony of the absent victim to be read into evidence; and, did the trial court err in allowing a prosecution witness to testify that the defendant had made vague threatening…