State v. Ingram

WHICHARD, Judge.

Guilt Phase

Defendant contends the court committed prejudicial error by failing to hold a voir dire upon his general objection to the following testimony by the arresting officer, which he argues showed “a virtual confession to the charge of possession of a firearm by a felon”:

Q. . . . tell the members of the jury what you asked him about this pistol, and what, if anything, his response was.

Mr. McClellan: Objection, Your Honor.

Mr. Ingram: Object.

THE Court: Overruled.

Q. ... Go ahead.

A. I asked Mr. Ingram whose pistol this was; he replied, “It’s mine.”

I then asked him, where did…