Bushman v. State

MEMORANDUM OPINION

BRETT, Presiding Judge:

James R. Bushman, hereinafter referred to as the appellant, was tried before a jury in Pittsburg County District Court for the offense of Forgery in the Second Degree, After Former Conviction of a Felony. He was convicted and sentenced to ten (10) years’ imprisonment. From this judgment and sentence he now appeals.

This case must be reversed and remanded because it affirmatively appears in the record that the trial judge in his opening statements to the prospective jury panel referred to the fact that the appellant was standing trial after formerly…