State v. Campbell

Littlejohn, Justice:

We are called upon in this appeal to evaluate the trial judge’s treatment of evidentiary matters and to determine whether the evidence created jury issues. The defendant Pierce Campbell was charged with murder and convicted of the voluntary manslaughter of Annie Ruth Gleaton. He has appealed.

On three separate occasions during the trial the defendant moved for a mistrial; the court denied each motion. The first motion asserted that highly prejudical inadmissible evidence, an axe, was shown to the jury. The second motion claimed highly prejudicial photographs, which had no…