Bartholomew v. State

Kino Bartholomew appeals his convictions and sentences for first-degree murder, two counts of attempted second-degree murder, robbery with a firearm, and attempted robbery with a firearm. We reverse because the trial court erred in admitting a taped statement of a State witness into evidence as past recollection recorded over appellant’s objection that the State failed to lay the proper foundation for its admission. Although, on this record, the trial court’s admission of seven autopsy photographs was not reversible error, we hold it was nevertheless an abuse of discretion, and discuss the…