Hipp v. City of Tulsa

MEMORANDUM OPINION

BUSSEY, Presiding Judge:

The appellant, Hugh Nathaniel Hipp, was convicted for Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol by a Tulsa Municipal Criminal Court jury, Case No. 368760, was sentenced to seventy-five (75) days in jail and a three hundred dollar ($300) fine, and he appeals.

We deem it unnecessary to set forth the facts of the case as it must be reversed and remanded for a new trial as the trial court erred in allowing the prosecutor to cross-examine the appellant as to his prior arrests.

While it might have been proper to inquire of the appellant relative to prior…