State v. Williams

WEIER, Presiding Judge.

Melvin B. Williams appeals from a conviction of stealing from a person. In this court-tried case, defendant was sentenced to one year imprisonment in the City Workhouse. He now contends that the trial court erred in overruling defendant’s motion to strike testimony regarding the ownership of a cap found by the victim at the scene of the crime. His objection is twofold: 1) the officer’s testimony which established this fact indicated that defendant had not been advised of his Miranda rights at the time and place questioned, and 2) the defendant had previously indicated…