State v. Lynch

WHICHARD, Justice.

Following a capital trial defendant was found guilty of first-degree murder in the death of James Smith and of voluntary manslaughter in the death of Ted Cook. The jury recommended a sentence of life imprisonment for the murder conviction. The trial court entered judgment accordingly and imposed a sentence of twenty years for the manslaughter conviction. In this appeal defendant challenges the scope of the State’s cross-examination regarding details of defendant’s prior convictions. He argues the cross-examination violated the scope of inquiry allowable under Rule of…