Court Opinion

ID: 9883466
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-10-06 01:43:14.942196+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:48:23.630620
License: Public Domain

Chief Justice TOAL,
concurring.
I concur in the majority’s result, but respectfully disagree with its reasoning. I would hold that the trial judge did not err in allowing Davis to testify that English told her “Keith [Sims] had murdered somebody.” In my view, the court of appeals correctly analyzed this issue, finding that English’s statement was admissible under SCRE 801(d)(2)(E), the co-conspirator exception to the rule against hearsay. Therefore, I would affirm the court of appeals in every respect and not reach a harmless error analysis.
HEARN, J., concurs.