Adcock v. Life Assur. Co. of Carolina

BROCK, Chief Judge.

Defendant first contends that the trial court erred in not admitting the records of deceased’s hospitalization six months prior to the shooting. Defendant maintains the admission of this evidence would tend to establish in the deceased a despondent and suicidal state of mind.

“Whether the existence of a particular state of affairs at one time is admissible as evidence of the same state of affairs at another time, depends altogether upon the nature of the subject matter, the length of time intervening, and the extent of the showing, if any, on the question of whether or not…