Sidney v. State

RABINOWITZ, Justice.

The gist of this appeal raises questions-pertaining to the State’s introduction into-evidence of records of appellant’s prior criminal convictions. We consider it necessary to initially refer in some detail to the trial proceedings so that the factual context leading up to the admission into evidence of the judgments of conviction will be more readily understood and our disposition of these issues claidfied.

Appellant Allen Sidney was indicted for the crime of assault with a dangerous weapon allegedly committed August 17, 1964, by stabbing Johnson Scott with a knife in…