Mathis v. State

Citations

• 63 Fla. 21

Syllabus

<p>1. In a criminal prosecution for murder where the defendant is a witness and is asked by his counsel if prior to that time he had ever been charged with any violation of law or had any trouble, such questions may be excluded when their relevancy is not shown, since they go to particular facts not in issue and not to the general reputation of the defendant.</p> <p>2. An .affidavit in support of a ground of a motion for new trial should be evidenced to the appellate court by being incorporated in the bill of exceptions.</p> <p>3. Where there is ample evidence to sustain a verdict and there is nothing to indicate that the jury was not governed by the evidence, the verdict will not be disturbed.</p>