Ledford v. State

Carley, Presiding Judge.

Indicted for murder, appellant was tried before a jury and, notwithstanding his claim of self-defense, he was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter. He appeals from the judgment of conviction and sentence entered by the trial court on the jury’s verdict of guilt.

1. An eyewitness was called to testify for the State. On direct examination, the State was allowed, over objection, to ask this witness whether he was familiar with appellant’s “reputation as far as it concerns the use of a knife?” When the witness gave a negative response to this question, the State was…