Jones v. State

Carley, Judge.

Appellant was tried before a jury and convicted of armed robbery and aggravated assault. He appeals from the judgments of conviction entered on the guilty verdicts.

1. Appellant asserts that the trial court erred in denying his motion for mistrial when the State impermissibly placed his character in issue. The evidentiary basis for this enumeration is that, during cross-examination of a detective, the State asked the witness why he did not interview a Steven Ridgeway. The witness responded that it was because appellant and Ridgeway were friends and “they had done some things…