ROBERTSON, Justice, for the Court:
I.
Today's is a case of overkill. Miffed at a prior acquittal in a capital murder trial, the prosecution sought and obtained a perjury indictment against an important defense witness. Then, in its zeal to get even with the alleged perjurer, the prosecution in the case now under review offered substantial quantities of marginally relevant hearsay evidence, admission of which was error.
For the reasons stated below...
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