DEEN, Judge.
It is error in a criminal case for the State to place the defendant's character in issue where he has not voluntarily chosen to do so. Code § 38-202. On a motion for mistrial based on such testimony the trial judge has a large discretion and, where the improper matter has in fact been volunteered by a witness by an answer not responsive to the question it has frequently been held that action on the part of the trial court in ruling it out...
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