Larry Collier v. State of Mississippi

DICKINSON, Presiding Justice,

for the Court:

¶ 1. The motion for rehearing is denied. The previous opinion is withdrawn and this opinion is substituted therefor.

¶2. In prosecuting Larry Collier for selling controlled substances, the State called a seasoned felon-turned-confidential-police-informant who provided untruthful testimony about previous criminal convictions, and whom the tidal court refused to allow the defendant to cross-examine fully about those prior criminal convictions. Although the trial court erred in limiting the cross-examination, we find that, in light of the overwhelming…