Adams v. State

The defendant appeals from his convictions of burglary of an occupied dwelling and criminal mischief.. He primarily argues the trial court erred in overruling his hearsay objection, thereby allowing the investigating detective to testify that a police dispatcher told the detective that a vehicle in the victim’s driveway was registered to the defendant. We agree with the defendant, because the state used the dispatcher’s statement to prove the truth of the matter asserted, and no hearsay exception existed for the statement. The error was not harmless. Thus, we reverse for a new trial.

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