Rice v. State

1. Special ground 1 of the motion for a new trial complains of the failure of the court “to charge the jury on the 'like-and-similar-offenses’ theory of the law, although the court had admitted, over objections of defense counsel, several like and similar offenses having no actual connection with the particular offense of which movant was on trial.” The ground does not assign error on the admission of the testimony, but assigns as error the failure “to charge on the Tike-and-similar-offenses, theory of the law.” The ground is too indefinite to be considered by a reviewing court. What is “the…