Opinion ID: 1954826
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 9

Heading: Hearsay Testimony During Sentencing

Text: ¶ 20. Farmer contends that Judge Evans improperly allowed into evidence hearsay testimony regarding Farmer's supposed threats to a prosecution witness. Sheriff Banks stated that the witness, Mr. Siklas, talked to me before Court and Mr. Farmer had called him two or three different times and Mr. Siklas was afraid of him by the remarks that he made in the telephone conversations.... Farmer further notes that the State made similar hearsay statements regarding Siklas's fear of Farmer. No objection to these statements appears in the record. Failure to make a contemporaneous objection to statements offered during sentencing waives the issue for appeal purposes. Gatlin v. State, 724 So.2d 359 (¶ 50) (Miss.1998).