Arebalo v. State

OPINION

BEA ANN SMITH, Justice.

Ramon Arebalo was convicted by a jury of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and sentenced by the court to thirty years’ imprisonment. In one issue, he contends that the trial court erred in permitting the State to elicit the details of his prior felony convictions in its cross-examination of him and that such error requires reversal. Because we hold that the trial court erred in admitting the details of Arebalo’s prior convictions but that such error was harmless, we affirm the judgment of conviction.

BACKGROUND

On August 7, 2002, Arebalo accompanied Donna…