Sheffield v. State

Jordan, Justice.

Appellant appeals his conviction of murder and sentence of life imprisonment.

1. Appellant’s first enumeration of error contends that the trial court erred by compelling Bessie Allen to testify after she had claimed a marital privilege and refused to testify against the appellant.

Allen was called as a witness for the state. After testifying that she had lived with the appellant for approximately ten years, appellant’s attorney made a motion requesting that the trial judge inform Allen that under Code Ann. § 38-1604 she could invoke the marital privilege and choose not to…