Anderson v. State

John MAUZY PITTMAN, Judge.

The appellant in this criminal case was charged with murder in the shooting of a long-time friend, Jerry Markum. Appellant admitted the shooting but asserted that it was done in self-defense. After a jury trial, he was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to forty years’ imprisonment. From that decision, comes this appeal.

For reversal, appellant contends that the trial court erred in refusing to grant a continuance, in allowing the prosecution to introduce evidence of appellant’s violent character, and in proceeding to trial without a finding that appellant…