Hurd v. State

DeCARLO, Presiding Judge.

The appellant was indicted for theft of property in the first degree. After a jury found him guilty as charged, he was sentenced as a habitual offender to twenty years’ imprisonment. The facts of the case are not central to the issues on appeal and need not be recounted. Suffice it to say that the evidence supported the conviction and no contention to the contrary was made.

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The appellant testified in his own behalf. During cross-examination the assistant district attorney was permitted, over objection, to ask whether he had been convicted of attempting to obtain…