Wells v. State
| Decision Date | 15 July 1975 |
| Docket Number | No. 50812,No. 2,50812,2 |
| Citation | 218 S.E.2d 131,135 Ga.App. 421 |
| Parties | Woodrow WELLS v. The STATE |
| Court | Georgia Court of Appeals |
Jack Dorsey, Atlanta, for appellant.
Lewis R. Slaton, Dist. Atty., Joseph Drolet, R. David Petersen, Asst. Dist. Attys., Atlanta, for appellee.
The defendant was indicted for murder, tried and convicted for voluntary manslaughter of his wife. His motion for new trial was overruled and appeal was taken to this court. Held:
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 appellant did by allowing a State's witness to testify about an incident which occurred the first of October (according to testimony 'the latter part of August') when appellant knocked his wife down in the street.' The homicide with which the defendant was charged occurred on October 11, 1973.
' Upon the trial of one charged with murder it was permissible to introduce a peace warrant the deceased had procured against the accused shortly before the killing since it showed motive, and the fact that it might also have incidentally shown bad character did not render it inadmissible.' Wyatt v. State, 220 Ga. 867, 868(3), 142 S.E.2d 810, 811; Josey v. State, 137 Ga. 769(1), 74 S.E. 282. Cobb v. State, 185 Ga. 462, 464(4), 195 S.E. 758, 759. See Lindsey v. State, 185 Ga.App. 122, 218 S.E.2d 30. 'Evidence showing bad feeling between the defendant and the deceased is ordinarily admissible in a homicide trial, even though the evidence relates to an incident which occurred several years before the homicide.' June v. State, 213 Ga. 311, 317, 99 S.E.2d 70, 74. See Van Cannon v. State, 208 Ga. 608, 612, 68 S.E.2d 586.
The enumeration of error is without merit.
Judgment affirmed.
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