Harvey v. State

This is an appeal from a conviction for second degree murder in a trial by jury in the Monroe Circuit Court. Appellant was sentenced to life imprisonment. Appellant had been charged with first degree murder in Marion County and the case was venued to Monroe County.

Appellant’s first contention is that the trial court erred in admitting over objection certain testimony of Detective Dunn concerning extra-judicial statements made by one Willie Adams *475who was not a witness at the trial. In order to understand this objection certain facts must be set out.

Appellant was charged with shooting and…