Pickron v. State

*464OPINION

Kem Thompson Frost, Chief Justice

Appellant Leonard Pickron challenges his conviction for murder on the grounds that the trial court reversibly erred in allowing hearsay testimony into evidence under the excited-utterance exception to the rule against hearsay. We affirm.

I. Factual and Procedural Background

Appellant met the complainant Miraun-da Jackson while he was residing in a group home for individuals with intellectual disabilities. The complainant, who worked in the group home and had become attached to appellant in a motherly relationship, decided to offer appellant the…