Opinion ID: 2441272
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Heading: Disclosure to Defendant under Ark. R.Crim. P. 17.1(a).

Text: For this point, Travis claims that the trial court erred in allowing the introduction of testimony from the victim's brother, Christopher, because the State failed to provide him with the brother's statement, or the substance of his testimony, in violation of the State's discovery obligations. It is undisputed that the State provided Christopher's name and address to Travis as a potential witness. Ark. R.Crim. P. 17.1(a)(ii) also requires the State to disclose any written or recorded statements and the substance of any oral statements from the defendant or a codefendant. The evidence simply suggests that the State had no written or recorded statements from Christopher. Travis instead relies on an exchange between the prosecutor and Christopher during his direct examination, where the prosecutor asks, Did we talk about what happened to [the victim] in your house?, to argue that Christopher had somehow provided a written or recorded statement to the State. However, we have held that Ark. R.Crim. P. 17.1(a)(ii) does not require the State to disclose the substance of the testimony of the witnesses it intends to call. Donihoo v. State, 325 Ark. 483, 931 S.W.2d 69 (1996); Holloway v. State, 310 Ark. 473, 837 S.W.2d 464 (1992). We thus affirm as to this point.