Powell v. State

WHITE, JOSEPH S., Associate Judge.

Appellant was tried and convicted on an information charging murder in the second degree. H was represented by a public defender throughout the trial.

Two questions are argued on this appeal. The first is:

“The trial court erred in failing to declare a mistrial or to strike the testimony of the witness Marie Hill, of its own motion, when it appeared that Mrs. Hill constantly referred to the victim as her husband, throughout her testimony.”

A similar question was before this court in Wolfe v. State, Fla.App.1967, 202 So.2d 133.

In the case at bar deceased’s widow…