Graham v. State

The evidence was in conflict upon all the material issues involved in the trial of this case, and therefore the general charge as requested was properly refused.

The court did not err in sustaining the state’s objection to the question of defendant propounded to the witness Bradley as follows:

'“You think you know the deceased’s general character in the community in which he lived, from what you know yourself and what people said about him as to being a dangerous man? ”

The question does not go far enough to embrace a general character for being “dangerous, violent, bloodthirsty.” However, by…