Savage v. State

Blackburn, Presiding Judge.

Following his convictions for robbery and sexual battery, Timothy Jerome Savage appeals, arguing that the trial court erred in failing to grant his motions for mistrial because (1) a State witness’s statement improperly placed his character into issue, and (2) the prosecuting attorney’s comments during closing argument addressed facts not in evidence and placed his character into issue. Finding no error, we affirm.

In considering both of Savage’s enumerations of error, “[t]he standard of review applied by this Court is whether or not the trial court abused its…