State v. Williams

HEDRICK, Chief Judge.

Defendant first contends that the trial court erred to his prejudice in overruling defendant’s objection to testimony by George Walston, the victim of the robbery, that he had received a phone call from defendant’s girl friend in which she identified herself as “that fellow that had robbed [you]’s wife.” Defendant argues that this statement is inadmissible because the phone call was not properly authenticated and also because the statement is hearsay not subject to any exception to the hearsay rule.

We must examine the context of this testimony. On cross-examination,…