Opinion ID: 1097589
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Heading: was it error to let the jury hear irrelevant but prejudicial testimony about an earlier occasion on which hemmingway wielded a knife?

Text: Bobbie testified that on the day of the stabbing Hemmingway and his brother Dewayne were arguing about a watch, and Hemmingway grabbed a knife. Bobbie told the brothers to stop, and Hemmingway replied that they were just kidding. Bobbie was then asked how Hemmingway was holding the knife. There was an objection on the grounds of relevancy. The trial judge reserved his ruling and ultimately never ruled at all upon this objection. This assignment of error fails for three reasons: (1) The brief cites no authority in support of the argument; Redmond v. State, 457 So.2d 1344 (Miss. 1984). (2) There was no ruling by the trial court and, therefore, nothing preserved for review by the appellate court; Marr v. State, 248 Miss. 281, 159 So.2d 167 (1963). (3) On the cross-examination of both Bobbie and Dewayne, Hemmingway pursued the inquiry into this incident. He therefore made as full a record as he chose to make in the presence of the jury.