Music v. State

Marshall, Justice.

The jury found the defendant guilty of murder, and he was sentenced to life in prison. On appeal, his sole enumeration of error is that the trial judge erred in denying his motion for new trial on the ground that he should have been allowed to prove previous, specific acts of violence of the victim against persons other than the appellant showing the same type of violence that was threatened against him, for the purpose of showing that the victim had a long reputation for acts of a like nature.

1. Even assuming that the evidence in this case was sufficient to make a prima…