Thomas v. State

Webb, Judge.

Defendant was tried and convicted of failing to report that he had run his automobile over a child on a bicycle, causing the child serious injuries (Code Ann. §§ 68-1623, 68-9926); and he now appeals from the order overruling his motion for new trial, enumerating that ruling as error. Held:

1. (a) Defendant complains in special ground 1 of the motion for new trial that the trial court erred in overruling his motion to strike the testimony of the state’s witness, Craig Mallory. The ground of the motion to strike was that "his testimony shows that it is tainted with duress and…