State v. McLaurin

CLEMENS, Senior Judge.

A jury found defendant W.T. McLaurin guilty of first degree burglary. The trial court sentenced him as a persistent offender to 30 years in prison. We affirm.

The only issue is whether the court abused its discretion in limiting defendant’s cross-examination of police officer Ray. Defense counsel had sought to show an officer had kicked defendant after he had been arrested.

Evidence on the issue: First to arrive at the burglary scene was police officer Allen who later arrested defendant when he came out the back door. Just before this, officer Ray had been guarding the…