State v. Jones

WEBB, Justice.

The defendant’s first assignment of error deals with what he contends is hearsay testimony which was erroneously allowed under the guise of corroborating the testimony of a witness. On direct examination Robert Sanders testified as to his telephone conversation with the defendant in part as follows:

Q. What happened after that? What was said after he said, this is me, Jimmy?

A. He told me that he had just shot Gail and to get the police.

Q. What else did he say to you before you gave them the phone?

A. Well, I had asked him where was Carol and Ashley were they there and he said, no,…