Aldrighetti v. State

OPINION

DALLY, Commissioner.

The appellant was charged with the offense of assault with intent to murder, but was convicted of the lesser included offense of aggravated assault; the punishment assessed, confinement in the county jail for eighteen months.

The appellant’s first ground of error is that:

“The trial court erred in permitting the defendant to be interrogated about his prior void convictions for impeachment purposes.”

At the guilt-innocence phase of the trial after the appellant had testified in his own defense and prior to his cross-examination the State requested and was granted a…