Simmons v. State

BOEHM, Justice.

Robert Simmons was convicted of the murder of Ronald Brown and was sentenced to fifty-five years imprisonment. In this direct appeal, Simmons contends the trial court erred by admitting irrelevant and prejudicial evidence, and also by admitting hearsay evidence of a child’s statement in violation of the Confrontation Clauses of the Sixth Amendment and Indiana Constitution, Article I, Section 13. We affirm the trial court.

Factual and Procedural Background

Simmons frequently visited his friend Melissa Fuqua to use the telephone in her home. On May 5, 1997, in the course of one of…