Crews v. State

Birdsong, Chief Judge.

Appellant Russell Crews was convicted of burglary. He has enumerated three errors in his appeal. Held:

1. Appellant first asserts that the trial court erred in overruling his motion for mistrial based upon the State’s alluding to a prior burglary conviction of the appellant. His second enumerated error is that the trial court erred in admitting, over objection, evidence of his prior burglary conviction, which allowed this evidence to be considered by the jury. Neither of these two enumerated errors has merit.

When a defendant testifies in his own behalf at trial, “no…