White v. State

DICKINSON, Justice,

for the Court:

¶ 1. Tommy White appeals his conviction of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, correctly claiming the trial judge erroneously allowed hearsay into evidence. But the error was harmless, so we affirm.

BACKGROUND

¶2. White got into an argument with Tony Buckley, who was sitting in a parked car with Roger Smith near B.J.’s Corner Store in Oakland, Mississippi. After-wards, Buckley and White went to their respective homes.

¶ 3. Amanda Anderson was Buckley’s live-in girlfriend and Amanda’s sister, Latoya Anderson, is White’s niece. Later that night, Latoya…