Mullins v. State

Beasley, Judge.

Mullins was indicted for murder in the beating death of Joe Lewis Hill. A jury found him guilty of voluntary manslaughter and he was sentenced to serve twenty years in confinement. He appeals from his conviction and sentence and from the denial of his motion for new trial.

1. Appellant contends that the trial court erred in allowing into evidence a GBI agent’s testimony regarding statements made to the agent by appellant’s brother and that the admission of such testimony so contributed to the verdict as to necessitate a reversal of his conviction.

On October 20, 1979, Joe Lewis…