Huff v. State

Banke, Presiding Judge.

On appeal from his conviction of burglary, the appellant contends that his character was improperly placed in issue and that he was denied effective assistance of counsel. Held:

1. During direct examination of the investigating officer, the state elicited testimony concerning a comparison which had been made between the appellant’s fingerprints and prints taken from the crime scene. When asked what the crime scene prints had been compared with, the witness responded, “Fingerprints taken off of Mr. — that had been taken off of Mr. Huff previously.” No objection was made…