State v. Hooker

PARRISH, Judge.

Jackie Hooker (hereafter referred to as “defendant”) was charged with and, following a jury trial, convicted of the offense of sodomy. § 566.060. 1 He appeals that conviction.

Defendant raises two points on appeal. In his first point, defendant contends the trial court erred in permitting the state to elicit, over defendant’s objection, evidence of the victim’s hearsay statements. Defendant contends that the admission of that testimony violated his right to confront witnesses and violated his right to due process of law as guaranteed by the Fifth, Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments…