Character v. State

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• holding that admission of prior statement constituted error, but was harmless when other admissible evidence established the same fact
• admission of witness’ prior consistent statement harmless because State presented strong independent circumstantial evidence of defendant’s guilt
• error in admitting prior consistent statement in absence of affirmative charges of improper motive, improper influence, or recent fabrication was harmless
• even if hearsay testimony that defendant was at crime scene would not have been admissible in a separate trial, trial court’s refusal to sever was not prejudicial where other witnesses testified to same effect
• even if the jury heard evidence that was only relevant to the guilt of the appellant’s co-defendants, any error in denying his motion to sever was harmless considering the overwhelming evidence that the appellant participated as a party to the crimes in question

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