Bedgood v. State

Gardner, Presiding Judge.

The general grounds are not meritorious, inasmuch as there is ample evidence to support the verdict of the jury.

Special ground 1 assigns error because it is alleged that the court erred in failing to grant a mistrial on motion of counsel for the defendant after objecting to the following testimony of Richard Minich, a witness for the State: “He [the defendant] introduced you to Lamar?” The witness replied: “That’s exactly right. Mr. Bedgood introduced me to Mr. Lamar; he and Mr. Lamar were in the Reidsville Penitentiary together.” The testimony to which objection is…