Opinion ID: 358219
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: Appellant's Statement to Officer Wilkie.

Text: 28 While being placed in his jail cell approximately two hours after the shooting incident, appellant threatened the jailer, Martin Wilkie, saying, I am going to kill you. Appellant argues that the statement was irrelevant to any perception of his intent related to the shooting of Greatwalker. Furthermore, even if relevant, appellant insists the statement's prejudicial effect should have prevented its submission into evidence. We are inclined to agree that the evidence was not relevant to the prior shooting incident. Witness Wilkie's additional testimony that he had received similar threats from arrested persons who had been drinking mitigated the prejudicial effect of appellant's statement. But more importantly, in light of testimony admitted without objection that Wallette had made threats to others subsequent to the shooting, we think the admission of this questioned evidence constituted harmless error. 29 Accordingly, we affirm the conviction.