England v. State

Smith, Judge.

Jermaine Randolph England and a codefendant were charged with armed robbery and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony. England was convicted of the former charge and acquitted of the latter. He appeals, claiming the trial court erred in allowing the State to impeach an alibi witness’s character with the witness’s “first offender conviction [sic]” and in subsequently instructing the jury “as to the effect of said impeachment.”

England’s witness testified on direct examination that he had been convicted in the past of shoplifting, but no other crime. During…