STATE v. FRANKLIN

No. CR 87-587.

520 So.2d 1047 (1987)

STATE of Louisiana, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. John FRANKLIN, Jr., Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

December 9, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lyman S. Gore, Vidalia, for defendant-appellant.

John Johnson, Dist. Atty., Ronnie McMillin, Vidalia, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before DOUCET and KING, JJ., and CULPEPPER, J. Pro Tem.


KING, Judge.

The two issues presented by this appeal are whether the trial court erred in allowing the testimony of a medical expert for the purpose of explaining medical terminology and procedures referred to in a medical report previously received in evidence and whether the trial court erred in denying defendant's motion for a mistrial.

John Franklin, Jr. (hereinafter defendant) was charged with the crime of attempted second degree murder and tried and...

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