Owens v. State

Robert H. Dudley, Justice.

Appellant was convicted of four counts of delivery of a controlled substance, and was sentenced as a habitual offender. He does not challenge the sufficiency of the evidence so we need not recite all of the facts. He argues that the trial court erred in admitting hearsay evidence and erred in the manner of proceeding in the sentencing phase of the bifurcated trial. There is no merit in either argument, and we affirm the convictions.

The facts surrounding the evidentiary ruling are as follows. Joe Murdock witnessed the drug sales that appellant made to an undercover…