Pope v. State

Appellant’s sole contention in this direct criminal appeal is that the trial court committed reversible error when it permitted the state to offer over a hearsay objection testimony by a deputy that a person found by the deputy to be in possession of illegal drugs during a traffic stop had told the deputy that appellant had sold him the drugs, and that appellant could be found in a specific room at a local motel. Our review of the record satisfies us that the testimony was not offered for the truth of its contents. It was, instead, offered in rebuttal by the state to explain the deputy’s…