Arner v. State

WESSEL, JOHN D., Associate Judge.

Robert Arner, appellant, appeals from a judgment of conviction and sentence for life without parole for 25 years for the first degree murder of his wife, Elinor Arner. Appellant raises several issues as to evi-dentiary rulings by the trial court.

On January 25, 1978, the victim, Elinor Arner, was found languishing from a hammer beating from which she ultimately died on March 11, 1978. It is unnecessary to detail the gruesome and brutal nature of the injuries sustained by the victim.

The testimony at the trial included the appellant’s girl friend, Valerie Wade,…