Bush v. State

KITE, Justice.

[T1] In 1990, Lyon Bush, the 26-year, old wife of David Labon Bush, disappeared. Fifteen and one-half years later, in 2006, the State charged Mr. Bush with first degree murder in connection with his wife's disappearance, although her body was never found. In 2007, after a 12 day trial, a jury convicted him of second degree murder.

[T2] Mr. Bush appeals his conviction, claiming the district court violated his constitutional right to confront the witnesses against him and abused its discretion when it permitted two witnesses to testify about statements his daughter made to them…