State v. Alston

MITCHELL, Justice.

The principal issue in this case is whether the trial court erred in allowing testimony that one of the victims told Sheriff Dement that he and the defendant had engaged in an argument two days before the shooting. For the reasons stated herein, we find no reversible error.

The evidence presented by the State tended to show that Robert Warren Foster operated a store known as R. W. Foster’s Grocery in the Kearney Community in Franklin County. On 9 February 1981, Robert Foster and Jack Franklin Stainback were in Foster’s store. They were last seen alive at approximately 8:35…