State v. Thomas

MARTIN, Judge.

In the record on appeal defendant lists 27 assignments of error. Of these he brings forward 25, correlating them within 11 contentions. Upon review of the record and briefs, we have concluded that the assignments grouped under contentions 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 are without merit. We now consider seriatim contentions I, 2, 9, 10 and 11.

In his first contention, defendant argues that the trial court erred in admitting hearsay statements into evidence during the voir dire hearing and in basing its order in part on such incompetent evidence. Specifically, defendant asserts that the…