Sims v. State

This writ of error was taken to a judgment of conviction for murder in the first decree. Most of the assignments of error are upon the admissibility of evidence.

Where evidence is admitted without objection, it is regarded as having been received by consent. The grounds of objection to testimony should be specifically stated in the objection, and general grounds that the proffered testimony is irrelevant or immaterial will not avail if the evidence is admissible for any purpose. If evidence is admitted without objection or if a question propounded to a witness is not objected to on proper…