Watson v. State

RABINOWITZ, Justice.

Appellant was indicted for the first degree murder of Marion T. Grissom. After trial by jury he was found guilty of murder in the second degree. Appellant appealed and in Watson v. State of Alaska 1 this, court reversed his conviction and remanded, the case for a new trial.

Appellant’s conviction was reversed because of error committed by the trial court in admitting certain hearsay evidence regarding appellant’s temper. At appellant’s-first trial the prejudicial hearsay evidence-was received under the following circumstances :

A state police officer testified that Mrs..…