Ealy v. State

SELBY, Justice.

Phillip Ealy (“defendant”) was convicted of murder and of carrying a handgun without a license. He was sentenced to sixty years for murder and one year for carrying a handgun without a license, the sentences to be served concurrently. He now challenges his murder conviction and sentence. On appeal, he raises four issues: (1) whether the trial court erred by admitting an autopsy report into evidence over defendant’s hearsay objections, (2) whether the trial court erred by allowing a police detective to testify, over hearsay objections, about his conversations with individuals…