State v. Kemp

WILLIAM RAY PRICE, JR., Judge.

A jury convicted Lamont Kemp of felonious restraint and unlawful use of a weapon for holding his girlfriend, Jackie Washington, hostage at gunpoint beginning the evening of October 10, 2003, and ending at approximately 8:30 a.m. the following day. Because the state was unable to procure Jackie as a witness at trial, it introduced evidence of Jackie’s out-of-court statements through the testimony of Kemp’s neighbors and a portion of the 911 call made the morning of October 11. Kemp appeals the trial court’s admission of Jackie’s out-of-court statements. He…