Perkins v. State

PARKS, Presiding Judge,

specially concurring:

While I agree with the outcome of this case, I want to comment on the use of transcripts from preliminary hearings at trial when the witness is no longer available to testify.

*1369In the case at bar, Appellant argued that the trial court erred in not allowing him to object during the reading of Officer El-ledge’s preliminary hearing testimony as it was presented to the jury during trial. At one point, the defense attorney attempted to enter an objection to a question, and the trial court said it would not entertain any objections during the reading of…