Carrier v. Commonwealth

GANT, Judge.

Appellant Carrier was convicted of the offense of bribing a witness and appealed on the grounds that two tape recorded conversations between the appellant and an informant, one David Byrd, were admitted over appellant’s objection.

The evidence in this case was that Carrier had his live-in girlfriend write to Byrd at Eddyville State Penitentiary on September 14,1978, informing Byrd that Carrier wanted to see him on September 28. Byrd was returned to the Warren County Jail in September to testify as a witness in a case of first degree criminal mischief against one Kenneth Howell. On…