Franklin v. State

Jordan, Justice.

Franklin appeals his conviction and sentence to life imprisonment for the murder of his former spouse. The only issues for consideration are (1) whether the trial judge erred in allowing the district attorney to pose a hypothetical question to a character witness on cross-examination, and (2) the sufficiency of the evidence to support the conviction. Held:

1. Counsel for the defendant objected to the question posed by the district attorney because it was "a highly prejudicial question.” This objection is too general. See Green, Georgia Law of Evidence, § 12, pp. 32, 35, and…