State v. Kendrick

LeGRAND, Justice.

This appeal raises three issues upon which defendant relies for reversal. They are:(1) Failure of the State to prove commission of the crime in the specific manner alleged in the indictment;(2) Error in admitting certain evidence obtained from defendant in violation of his constitutional right against self-incrimination under Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436, 86 S.Ct. 1602, 16 L.Ed.2d 694, 10 A.L.R.3d 974; and(3) Error in failing to declare a mistrial because a State witness referred to defendant’s “past record.”

I. A grand jury indictment accused defendant of “forgery as…