Garner v. State

SIMPSON, Justice.

The appellant, Bob Garner, and two others were indicted for murder in the first degree. Appellant demanded a severance and was tried alone and convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment.

Appellant has argued in his brief only one error, and we are persuaded that the argument is well taken.

In rebuttal the State, over the objection of the defendant, proved by witness Nunn that a few days before the alleged crime on which the defendant was being tried, one J. C. Evans knocked Nunn in the head and the appellant, Bob Garner, took Nunn’s pocketbook.

In overruling the defendant’s…