Kelley v. State

The defendant was indicted for the first degree murder of Otha Lee Burwell. A jury found her guilty of murder in the second degree and fixed sentence at twenty-five years' imprisonment.

In urging this Court to reverse her conviction, the defendant alleges three grounds of reversible error committed in the trial court.

I

The trial court did not err in overruling defendant's motion for a mistrial because of the alleged prejudicial remarks made by State's witness Odessa Jeff. In an unresponsive answer to a question from the prosecutor, Mrs. Jeff stated that the deceased's mother "hasn't been well"…