State v. Maupin

Appellant’s assertions of error in this appeal relate (1) to the introduction of the rebuttal testimony of Sergeant Allen, (2) to a claimed refusal of the trial court to give proper limiting instructions to the use by the jury of the evidence of marijuana found in the May 25th search, and (3) to the instruction in response to the jury’s indication of difficulty of agreeing upon a verdict.

Appellant’s initial argument is that the admission of the rebuttal testimony in question was prejudicially erroneous. Such argument is premised, basically, upon the following grounds: (1) The substance found…