State v. Cullen

This is an appeal from a jury verdict finding appellant guilty of burglary in the second degree. Three allegations of error are presented, none of which were preserved by appellant in his motion for new trial. This being so, review may only be undertaken if we should be convinced that a plain error has occurred affecting substantial rights of the appellant and that a miscarriage of justice or manifest injustice has resulted therefrom. Rule 27.20(c), V.A.M.R.

Appellant’s initial point of error involved the rehabilitation of the state’s complaining witness, Mrs. Pearlean Hudson. On…