Court Opinion

ID: 9766573
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-29 04:53:43.188447+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:30:23.789933
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ON appellant’s motion for rehearing
WOODLEY, Judge.
Appellant questions the disposition of his contention that one of the witnesses against him was not sworn. He directs our attention to his motion for mistrial raising the matter, which recites that it was presented before the charge was read to the jury.
This motion appears in the transcript, but there also appears a controverting affidavit of the county attorney wherein it is alleged that the motion was not filed until after verdict, and that the allegations of the motion for mistrial were not true.
There is nothing in the record to show that the motion for mistrial was brought to the attention of the trial court and ruled on, though the overruling of the motion for mistrial was complained of in appellant’s motion for new trial. This does not establish that it was in fact presented and overruled.
In any event, the record shows only that an issue was raised as to whether the witness was sworn, and we must assume that this issue was resolved favorably to the state.
Appellant’s motion for rehearing is overruled.