Court Opinion

ID: 9538001
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-07 07:28:28.838368+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T14:57:17.607030
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LUMPKIN, Justice,
specially concurring.
I concur in the Court’s decision in this case and write to address the discussion relating to the admissibility of the testimony of Barbara Ramey.
The Court determines that the testimony of Barbara Ramey regarding statements by the decedent are not admissible under 12 O.S.1981, § 2803(3). This treatment of the testimony disregards this Court’s previous decisions in Allen v. State, 675 P.2d 456 (Okl.Cr.1984); Spuehler v. State, 709 P.2d 202 (Okl.Cr.1985); and Lamb v. State, 767 P.2d 887 (Okl.Cr.1988). While I agree that this testimony did not affect the out*412come of the trial, I also believe the testimony was admissible pursuant to 12 O.S.1981, § 2803(3).