People v. Janes

The defendant, Troy Janes, appeals from his conviction of armed robbery and aggravated battery, raising three assignments of error: (1) his constitutional right to confront witnesses was violated when the nontestifying codefendant’s inculpatory hearsay statement was admitted into evidence, (2) the trial court erred in admitting evidence of defendant’s arrest for an unrelated theft offense, and (3) he was denied a fair trial when the prosecutor was permitted to testify as a rebuttal witness and to use his testimony in his closing argument.

The defendant was charged by indictment with the…