Hill v. State

Conley Byrd, Justice.

Appellant Roger Hill was convicted of selling a controlled substance (marijuana) and given a ten year sentence. For reversal he makes the following contentions:

“I. The trial judge improperly permitted a witness subpoenaed by the defense to assert the privilege against self-incrimination.

II. It was prejudicial error to allow the prosecuting attorney to repeatedly describe the appellant as a drug pusher in his closing argument when there was no reference to such term in the evidence and no reason for it to be inferred therefrom.”

The record shows that Larry Jackson, an…