Swanigan v. State
Indiana Court of Appeals
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SHARPNACK, Chief Judge
Kenya Swanigan appeals her convictions for two counts of robbery, both class B felonies. 1 Swanigan raises one issue for our review, which we restate as whether the trial court erred in refusing to admit into evidence three letters under the statement against interest exception to the hearsay rule. We affirm.
The facts most favorable to the conviction follow. In the early morning hours of August 8, 1998, Tiffany Moorman and Toshieka Douglas, both of Owensboro, Kentucky, were on their way to the C.K. Newsome Center in Evansville, Indiana. Unsure of where they were,…
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