Pollard v. State

Blackburn, Presiding Judge.

Following a jury trial, Jack Pollard appeals his conviction of voluntary manslaughter, contending that there was insufficient evidence to support the conviction and that the trial erred by: (1) admitting into evidence the victim’s statements to witnesses; (2) admitting into evidence his incriminating statements made to police at the scene; (3) admitting into evidence his incriminating custodial statements; (4) limiting defense counsel’s cross-examination of the victim’s sister regarding prior acts of violence by the victim; and (5) allowing physicians who treated…