Opinion ID: 1860859
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 7

Heading: the trial court erred in refusing to strike testimony concerning the bullet recovered from holiday's leg.

Text: ¶ 71. On direct examination, the prosecutor asked Holiday what kind of bullet was recovered from his leg. Holiday responded, They said it was a .22. Defense counsel objected on the basis of hearsay. The trial court sustained the objection, but denied Stevens's request that the answer be stricken from the record. On appeal, Stevens argues that the trial court's refusal to strike the answer from the record amounts to reversible error. ¶ 72. Any error here was harmless in light of the amount of evidence properly before the jury regarding Stevens's alleged aggravated assault of Holiday. The undisputed testimony of two eyewitnesses to the incident, Holiday and Strahan, indicated that Stevens fired his gun at Holiday. Furthermore, the record includes Stevens's guilty plea to the aggravated assault of Holiday in which Stevens stated that he shot Holiday. Any error here is harmless beyond a reasonable doubt in light of the overwhelming weight of the evidence against Stevens.