Anderson v. State

Cedric Anderson appeals his convictions for kidnaping and felony battery of his wife, Tangie Anderson, and simple battery and battery on a person over sixty-five of her father, Joe Lee Green. Anderson was sentenced as a prison releasee reoffender to life in prison for kidnaping, concurrent terms of five years in prison for the felony battery and battery on a person over sixty-five years of age, and time served on the simple battery.

We find no abuse of discretion in the trial court’s decision to deny a mistrial following an isolated, unsolicited remark by a witness concerning Anderson’s…