Nettles v. State

The appellant, Lamar Christovia Nettles, was convicted of kidnapping in the first degree and burglary in the second degree. He was sentenced to life imprisonment for the kidnapping conviction and to 35 years' imprisonment for the burglary conviction, with the sentences to run consecutively.

The appellant contends that, in three instances, the trial court erred in excluding testimony he sought to elicit. Because we reverse the appellant's convictions based upon the second and third instances, we need not address the first instance complained of by the appellant.

The State's evidence, which was…