Woodard v. State

Hunstein, Justice.

James Woodard was found guilty of murder and felony murder in the shooting death of Max Rister and was sentenced to life imprisonment. He appeals from the denial of his motion for new trial, contending the trial court erred by admitting into evidence his statement to police officers and denying his motion for mistrial after a State witness improperly placed his character into evidence. Finding no error, we affirm.

1. The evidence adduced at trial authorized the jury to find that Max Rister, while a guest at a hotel in Dublin, encountered Carnell Agnew and a second, masked…