State v. Phifer

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Lockett, J.:

The defendant, Athen Phifer, appealed his conviction of one count of indecent liberties with a child in violation of K.S.A. 1986 Supp. 21-3503 to the Court of Appeals. Phifer raised two issues; (1) The admission of the suppression hearing transcript into evidence at trial violated his right to confrontation, and (2) the trial judge abused his discretion by allowing the late endorsement of additional State witnesses. The Court of Appeals refused to consider the first issue Phifer raised, contending that he had not properly objected to the…