FARMER, Judge.
In this case we are required to reverse a conviction because of the admission of hearsay testimony of a police officer as to the description of a suspect given to him by the victim of the crime. The effect of this testimony was improperly to buttress the victim's own inconsistent trial testimony as to his initial description of an intruder.
The victim testified that he was awakened in the early morning hours by a rustling noise from a table...
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