People v. Bennett

Allen Bennett was convicted by a jury of the first-degree murder1 of Jerry Jimerson and the Court of Appeals affirmed his conviction.

On appeal he makes five assertions of error, only one of which is necessary to decision.

I

The defendant asserts that he was denied a fair trial because the prosecutor was permitted, over objection, to allow Mathew Williams, as a rebuttal witness, to testify regarding the defendant who had been arrested and charged with this crime, "I heard him saying that he had another fellow to kill when he get out”.

*448To gain perspective on this incident it is appropriate to…