BARNES, J., for the Court.
¶ 1. Deric Bailey was convicted in the Circuit Court of the First Judicial District of Hinds County of the murder of Thomas Ryan Evans, and received a sentence of life in prison. From his conviction, Bailey timely appealed to this Court, asserting a number of errors. Finding that the trial court committed reversible error when it allowed a prior, unsworn statement by James Pickens to be considered by the jury as substantive evidence...
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