State v. Middleton

*682WARDEN, J.

Defendant appeals his conviction for felony murder committed during a robbery. We reverse.

The state called defendant’s accomplice, Shaw, as its witness. On cross-examination, defendant impeached Shaw by offering evidence of prior inconsistent statements and evidence tending to show that the witness changed his story after entering into a plea agreement (which was referred to in the examination as a “deal”).1 On redirect examination, the state elicited rehabilitation testimony from the witness that, as conditions of the plea agreement, he was required to testify (presumably against…