Opinion ID: 2354297
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: Hearsay objections sustained.

Text: Detective Randy Blanco was the chief investigator of the crime scene. When asked by the prosecutor to summarize the steps he took during his investigation, Bianco testified, inter alia, that Hoskins told him that Appellant was the person mentioned in the 911 call and that he had turned himself in. Bianco further testified that he contacted Speigel by cellular telephone and was advised that Armotta had told Speigel that Miguel Soto had shot her in the back from a distance of approximately four feet. Appellant objected to this testimony as hearsay and the trial judge sustained the objection. Appellant did not request an admonition to the jury to disregard the evidence; thus, no error occurred. Tamme, supra, at 35; Hayes v. Commonwealth, Ky., 698 S.W.2d 827, 829 (1985) (Merely voicing an objection, without a request for a mistrial or at least for an admonition, is not sufficient to establish error once the objection is sustained.). Absent countervailing evidence, the failure to request a limiting admonition is regarded as a trial tactic, Sanders, 801 S.W.2d at 668, intended to avoid calling further attention to the improper evidence. See also Caudill, 120 S.W.3d at 658; Hall v. Commonwealth, Ky., 817 S.W.2d 228, 229 (1991), overruled on other grounds by Commonwealth v. Ramsey, Ky., 920 S.W.2d 526, 527 (1996).