Tackett v. State

766 S.W.2d 410 (1989)

298 Ark. 20

Thomas Jeffery TACKETT, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

No. CR 88-137.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

February 20, 1989.

Jeff Rosenzweig, Little Rock, for appellant.

Clint Miller, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, for appellee.

HOLT, Chief Justice.

Appellant Thomas Jeffery Tackett was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to seventeen years imprisonment. For reversal he argues that the trial court erred in holding that the prosecution could impeach his testimony with evidence of prior convictions arising from the same incident and in permitting the prosecution to…