State v. Sims

OPINION

BROCK, Justice.

We granted this appeal to consider our rules regarding a matter of evidence in criminal cases.

*192The defendant, who was convicted of shoplifting goods not exceeding $200 in value, testified at trial. After a hearing pursuant to State v. Morgan, Tenn., 541 S.W.2d 385 (1976), the State was allowed to impeach the defendant by asking her questions about writing a worthless check in January 1981 and changing price stickers on merchandise in a drugstore in June 1983.1 The defense then presented two character witnesses, Elizabeth Harrell and Bob Edwards, who testified that the…