Parker v. State

Banke, Presiding Judge.

The appellant was convicted of driving on the wrong side of the road, speeding, and two separate counts of DUI. He brings this appeal from the denial of his motion for new trial. Held:

1. The appellant contends that the trial court erred in allowing the state’s attorney to question him regarding several previous occasions on which he had been arrested for such offenses as DUI, speeding and driving with a suspended license, including two prior occasions on which his license had been suspended for DUI. This evidence was allowed on the theory that the appellant’s character…