Washington v. State

James R. Cooper, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of second degree murder, and was sentenced to twenty years in the Arkansas Department of Corrections. As his only point for reversal, appellant argues that the trial court erred in failing to grant appellant’s motion in limine, which sought to prohibit the State from offering evidence of, or questioning appellant about, a previous murder conviction. The trial court refused to grant the motion in limine. From that decision, comes this appeal.

The appellant indicated that he intended to testify in his own defense: Where a defendant in a criminal…