Dorsey v. State

Defendant-appellant Reginald Dorsey was convicted by a jury of the crime of first degree burglary.1 On appeal, appellant contends that the trial court lacked jurisdiction to try the case, that the trial court erred in denying appellant the right to defend himself, in permitting a witness not on the State’s witness list to testify in rebuttal, in permitting testimony of other criminal activity and in admitting certain evidence challenged as hearsay.

Appellant first contends that the trial court lacked jurisdiction over the case and therefore erred in denying appellant’s motion for a…