Stewart v. State

596 So.2d 851 (1992)

Daryl STEWART

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 90-KA-0754.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

March 11, 1992.

Rabun Jones, Gaines S. Dyer, Dyer Dyer Dyer & Jones, Greenville, for appellant.

Mike C. Moore, Atty. Gen., Charles W. Maris, Jr., Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before DAN M. LEE, P.J., and ROBERTSON and SULLIVAN, JJ.

ROBERTSON, Justice, for the Court:

I

This appeal presents nice questions regarding the prosecution's prerogative to impeach the accused's self-exculpatory testimony, first, through cross-examining the accused and, second, through offering extrinsic…