Pilcher v. State

Deen, Presiding Judge.

Appellants were among four men, all either brothers or cousins, tried jointly on a charge of criminal damage to property. All four were found guilty as charged and sentenced to three years’ imprisonment, to be followed by two years’ probation. They were required, additionally, to make restitution to the victim and to render 100 hours of community service. Appellants enumerate as error, in addition to the general grounds, the court’s alleged admission of testimony which impermissibly placed defendants’ character in issue; the court’s failure to instruct the jury on…