State v. Newsom

NANCY STEFFEN RAHMEYER, Judge.

Harry Newsom (“Appellant”) was convicted of second-degree murder and armed criminal action after a jury trial in the circuit court of Greene County, and sentenced as a prior and persistent offender to consecutive life sentences on each count. He now appeals alleging that the trial court plainly erred in overruling Appellant’s objections to hearsay testimony. We affirm.

I. FACTS

In the early morning hours of April 15, 2006, emergency responders responded to a 9-1-1 call from the home of Amanda Jones, where Clifton Clemons (“the victim”) was living at the time with…