McClendon v. State

Undercofler, Justice.

Bobby Jerry McClendon was convicted of the murder of Ronald Riley and sentenced to life imprisonment. He appeals to this court. Held:

1. The appellant contends that the trial court erred in overruling his motion to strike certain testimony of a witness for the state because such testimony was without foundation, unresponsive to the question, and because the witness was not qualified to state how much beer would be necessary to make a person drunk.

The record shows the counsel for the appellant had asked the state’s witness on cross examination about a "six-pack” of beer…