Brown v. Commonwealth

I disagree with the majority’s holding that the trial court erred by excluding Officer Matthew Berryman’s proffered testimony. In my view, Officer Berryman’s testimony is *236hearsay and does not come within any recognized hearsay exception. Furthermore, although I concur in the majority’s holding that the trial court erred by refusing to admit Charles Gentry’s testimony that he purportedly overheard a conversation between the victim and defendant before the alleged offense in which the topic of conversation was exchanging cocaine for sex, I believe the error was harmless. Therefore, I would…