State v. Russ

The defendant brings forward four assignments of error.

One, the defendant asserts error in the admission of the testimony by the witness James William Edwards who testified as to statements made by Mankins during the course of the robbery.

The record discloses that the witness testified that Mankins and the defendant came through the door, each with a pistol in his hand, and then the solicitor on behalf of the State asked the witness Edwards:

“All right, sir. Now, go ahead and tell us just what happened and what you did.”

The witness then answered:

“Well, he said, 'This is a stickup. We don’t…