Modeste v. State

Modeste appeals from a final judgment and sentence after a jury found him guilty of possession of more than twenty grams of cannabis,1 and possession of drug para*1080phernalia.2 Modeste argues on appeal that the trial court erred in allowing the state to present evidence of his prior arrests, as rebuttal, in order to impeach his credibility in a situation where his testimony on direct did not mislead the jury in a material way. Modeste argues the other evidence in the case against him was weak and his credibility versus the police officer who testified for the state, was crucial; thus he was…