Henderson v. State

I fully concur with Section II of the majority opinion but disagree with its conclusion in Section I that the witness's testimony concerning the victim's threat to kill the defendant was inadmissible hearsay. I believe the testimony, when taken in context, was not hearsay and that the trial court erred in striking it from the record. However, this conclusion should not result in reversal in light of the fact that defendant has failed to show how he was harmed by the trial court's ruling.

Undoubtedly, only extra-judicial statements that are offered to prove the truth of the facts asserted by…