Ottis v. State

Sears, Justice.

The appellant, Rudolph Ottis, was convicted of two counts of malice murder in the stabbing deaths of two young girls. On appeal, Ottis contends that the evidence is insufficient to support his convictions, and that the trial court erred in denying two motions for mistrial that he made after the State allegedly elicited improper hearsay testimony and after the State allegedly improperly placed his character into evidence. Finding no merit to Ottis’s contentions, we affirm.

1. On January 6, 1993, fifteen-year-old Bridgett Lee and her seven-year-old sister, Britney Ikharia, were…