Cousins v. State

Appellant tells us that his conviction for receiving stolen goods should be set aside because there was received in evidence to his prejudice the facts that he had been convicted of murder and robbery in 1921 and of larceny in 1934, and be cause the evidence was insufficient to permit the trial judge, hearing the case without a jury, properly to find guilt. We find that both claims must be rejected.

Appellant, over the objection of his counsel that the prior convictions had no bearing “on the crime in question now,” testified on cross-examination that he had been convicted in 1921 of murder…