State v. Hammond

MARTIN, Justice.

In this appeal defendant argues that he is entitled to a new trial because of two errors committed by the superior court. After careful review of defendant’s claims, we have determined that defendant received a fair trial, free of prejudicial error. Accordingly, we affirm the judgments entered by the trial court.

Defendant first argues that the court committed prejudicial error when it allowed the superintendent of the prison from which defendant escaped to testify that at the time defendant escaped he was serving a sentence imposed for misdemeanor assault on a female. In the…