Smith v. State

OPINION

DUNCAN, Judge.

The defendant, Johnny Lee Smith, was convicted in the Rutherford County Circuit Court of rape and received a penitentiary sentence of 20 years.

In this appeal, the defendant makes 21 assignments of error, raising, among numerous other things, evidentiary, jury, witness, and instruction complaints. Other complaints relate to the rulings of the court on various motions, to the admission of certain items of evidence, and to the trial court’s conduct towards defense counsel. We find no reversible errors in this ease and affirm the conviction.

First, in considering an assignment…