Davis v. State

Appellant Charles Randall Davis was charged with the first-degree murder of Jeff Foster. A Poinsett County jury convicted Davis of the lesser-included offense of manslaughter, and he was sentenced to ten years in prison. On appeal, Davis argues that the circuit court abused its discretion in admitting the testimony of three witnesses over his hearsay and confrontation-clause objections. We affirm.

A pretrial hearing was held regarding the admissibility of the testimony of Bennie Adams, Kathleen Wilson, and Ira Vail. Adams testified that about a week before Foster's death, Foster called and…