People v. Chambers

OPINION OF THE COURT

Carro, J.

While we reject defendant’s argument that the circumstantial evidence against him was insufficient to prove his guilt of murder in the second degree and other related crimes beyond a reasonable doubt, we do agree that he was deprived of a fair trial when the trial court admitted into evidence the double hearsay statement of the deceased that defendant told her he intended to visit her at her apartment at a particular time on the very day she was killed. In view of the fact that the prosecutor relied on this hearsay statement to place defendant at the scene of the…