Ruddock v. State

The appellant claims multiple errors in his conviction for battery on a law enforcement officer. These include: (1) whether the prosecutor improperly commented on the defendant’s silence; (2) whether the court erred in excluding evidence of conversations between appellant and the victim at a time prior to the incident involved in this case; (3) whether improper evidence of character testimony from the victim was admitted; (4) whether testimony concerning monetary and mental damage suffered by the victim was improperly admitted; and (5) whether the court placed an improper limitation on…