Aaron v. State

McMurray, Chief Judge.

Defendant was convicted of two counts of the offense of aggravated assault and appeals. Held:

One of the victims, Eddie Simpson, was not present at defendant’s trial. Defendant contends that the trial court erred in permitting hearsay testimony relating certain declarations made by Simpson. These declarations alleged to have been made by Simpson were “that he had been shot at . . . his buddy had been shot [that] he had run all the way down to the river . . . realized he couldn’t swim and came back out . . . was running down the road . . . trying to get somebody to stop to…