Johnson v. State

Carley, Presiding Judge.

Appellant was tried before a jury and found guilty of distributing cocaine. He appeals from the judgment of conviction and sentence entered by the trial court on the jury’s verdict of guilt.

1. Appellant testified in his own defense and denied committing the crime, claiming to have been in Florida in the company of one Wayne Bryant. Subsequently, over appellant’s continuing objection, the State was permitted to cross-examine him regarding his knowledge of Bryant’s criminal record and whether he knew that Bryant had “been [recently] convicted of two sales of cocaine).]”…