Harrison v. State

Evans, Judge.

Defendant was indicted for murder but convicted of voluntary manslaughter and sentenced to a term of 10 years. Motion for new trial was filed and denied, and defendant appeals. Held:

1. There is no merit in the first enumeration of error which complains of a denial of a motion for mistrial based upon improper and prejudicial hearsay testimony introduced by a state’s witness. The witness, an officer seeking to arrest the defendant after the alleged crime, had approached a relative’s dwelling looking for him. As a witness, he was then asked: "Did anything happen?” The officer…