Hagger v. State

Pope, Judge.

Earl Edward Hagger brings this appeal from his convictions of rape and aggravated sodomy. Held:

1. Appellant first cites as error the trial court’s admitting into evidence the victim’s jacket because holes had been cut in it. He contends that the jacket was in a changed condition from the time of the crimes and that the holes gave the jacket the appearance of having been violently torn or cut, thereby inflaming the jury against him. However, the holes in the jacket were explained by a forensic serologist for the State Crime Lab. She testified that she had cut the holes in the…