State v. Jarrell

PARKER, Judge.

Defendants first contend that the trial court erred in overruling their objections to testimony of Officer Cobb as to the reasons the police were maintaining surveillance of the restroom. Cobb testified that he and other officers had received numerous complaints concerning “acts being committed in the men’s bathroom.” Defendants contend that this testimony, admitted over objection, was irrelevant on the issue of their guilt and had the sole effect of creating prejudice against them in the minds of the jurors. In this connection we note initially that in the testimony complained…