Watts v. State

Banke, Judge.

The appellant was convicted of killing an antlerless deer in violation of Code Ann. § 45-521 and was sentenced to 12 months’ probation and payment of a $350 fine. Held:

1. The appellant contends that he was denied a fair trial by the trial court’s failure to rule on three motions for mistrial made during direct examination of one of the state’s witnesses. None of the motions were meritorious. The first was made when the witness, whose family owned the land on which the dead deer was found, testified that when he encountered the appellant on the property in the company of a…