State v. Pratt

BRANCH, Chief Justice.

Defendant first contends the trial court erred in permitting lay opinion testimony regarding the similarity of shoeprints found at the crime scenes and the design on the sole of the tennis shoes defendant was wearing at the time of his arrest. Officer M. B. Mullinix was permitted to testify, over defendant’s objection, that in his opinion defendant’s Converse tennis shoes were the same shoes that had made the impressions in the sand at the “pond” area and near the “Pack House” where the black male approached Hoover’s car.

Defendant argues this testimony was improper…