O'NEAL v. Kammin

Hunt, Presiding Justice.

We granted this petition for certiorari to determine whether a misdemeanor conviction for possession of less than an ounce of marijuana is admissible for impeachment purposes. We hold that it is not and reverse.

Decided June 21, 1993. Martin, Snow, Grant & Napier, Cubbedge Snow III, for appellant. Dozier, Akin, Lee & Graham, L. Zack Dozier, Jr., for appellee.

O’Neal and Kammin were involved in an automobile accident in November of 1987. In the resulting litigation, the jury rendered a verdict for O’Neal, the defendant, finding that she was not negligent and not…