Opinion ID: 1745175
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 6

Heading: the trial court erred in admitting into evidence testimony of prior difficulties between appellant and the deceased.

Text: Appellant specifically complains of the testimony of State witnesses which refers to (1) the appellant's striking of the deceased with a wooden board on the afternoon of March 17th, and (2) the appellant's indiscriminate firing of a gun in anger approximately two weeks prior to the March 17th shooting. The initial answer to that assignment is that there was no objection by the appellant to such testimony and, the point not having been raised in the lower court, is procedurally barred. Gates v. State, 484 So.2d 1002, 1009 (Miss. 1986); McClinton v. State, 459 So.2d 807, 810 (Miss. 1984); Norman v. State, 302 So.2d 254, 259 (Miss. 1974). The assigned error is denied.