Cotlar v. State

OPINION

DAVIS, Commissioner.

Appeal is taken from a conviction for resisting arrest. After the jury returned a verdict of guilty, the court assessed punishment at a fine of $250.00.

Appellant contends that the court erred “in refusing to allow appellant to develop the statutory defense of excessive force on the part of the arresting officer by ruling inadmissible any evidence of appellant’s treatment at the hospital immediately following his arrest including pictures of appellant’s injuries taken the day after arrest.”

The State urges that this ground of error is multifarious and therefore…