Wells v. State

Quillian, Judge.

The defendant was indicted for murder, tried and convicted of voluntary manslaughter. His motion for new trial was overruled and appeal was taken to this court. Held:

Submitted June 25, 1975 Decided July 15, 1975. Jack Dorsey, for appellant. Lewis R. Slaton, District Attorney, Joseph Drolet, R. David Petersen, Assistant District Attorneys, for appellee.

The sole enumeration of error relied upon in the defendant’s brief is that the trial judge "erred in overruling appellant’s motion for a mistrial on the grounds that the State put the character of the appellant in issue before…