Morgan v. State

Doyle, Judge.

Following a jury trial, John Russell Morgan was convicted of kidnapping with bodily injury, 1 family violence aggravated assault, 2 false imprisonment, 3 and burglary. 4 Morgan appeals, arguing that the trial court erred by (1) refusing to give his requested charge on justification; (2) denying his motions for mistrial after a State’s witness improperly placed Morgan’s character into evidence; and (3) excluding letters from the victim to Morgan while he was in jail awaiting trial. We affirm, for reasons that follow.

On appeal from a criminal conviction, we view the evidence in the…