Case Title: James Beasley v. State of Indiana

Citation: 

Docket Number: 49S04-1601-CR-19

State: indiana

Court: Indiana Supreme Court

Date: 2016-01-14T00:00:00Z

Document:
ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLANT 
Ruth Ann Johnson 
Michael R. Fisher 
Indianapolis, Indiana 
 
 
 
 
ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLEE 
Gregory F. Zoeller 
Attorney General of Indiana 
 
Andrew A. Kobe 
Michael Gene Worden 
Deputy Attorneys General 
Indianapolis, Indiana 
 
 
 
In the 
Indiana Supreme Court  
No. 49S04-1601-CR-19 
JAMES BEASLEY, 
Appellant (Defendant below), 
v. 
STATE OF INDIANA, 
Appellee (Plaintiff below). 
Appeal from the Marion County Superior Court, No. 49G01-1210-MR-67595 
The Honorable Kurt M. Eisgruber, Judge 
On Petition to Transfer from the Indiana Court of Appeals, No. 49A04-1406-CR-253 
January 14, 2016 
Massa, Justice. 
James Beasley appeals his convictions for the murder of James Allen and the attempted 
murder of Gerald Beamon.  For the reasons set forth in our companion decision of Leandrew 
Beasley v. State, also issued today, we grant transfer and affirm the trial court’s admission of 
Beamon’s hearsay testimony regarding statements Allen made to him on the day he died.  We find 
Jan 14 2016, 12:44 pm
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the trial court could have reasonably determined that Allen’s statements were against his interests, 
and were thus admissible pursuant to Indiana Evidence Rule 804(b)(3).  In all other respects, we 
summarily affirm the holding of our Court of Appeals below, pursuant to Indiana Appellate Rule 
58(A)(2). 
Rush, C.J., and Dickson, Rucker, and David, JJ., concur.