Flores v. State

Robert L. Brown, Justice.

Appellant Bryant Flores

appealed his conviction of second-degree murder for

the murder of Victor Stephens, for which he received a sentence of twelve years, to the Court of Appeals. Fie raised one issue: the trial court erred in admitting a hearsay statement based on the medical-diagnosis exception to the hearsay rule. The Court of Appeals agreed with Flores and reversed the judgment of conviction and remanded for a new trial. See Flores v. State, 75 Ark. App. 397, 58 S.W.3d 417 (2001). The State petitioned this court for review, and we granted the same. We reverse the…