State v. Branch

GIVENS, J.,

dissenting. — Appellant took the witness stand in his own behalf and gave extensive exculpatory testimony. Thereafter in rebuttal, the state produced several witnesses who testified appellant’s reputation for truth, honesty and integrity in the community where he resided was bad. While appellant’s assignment seems to limit the asserted error to admission of evidence of appellant’s bad general reputation, as distinguished from veracity, prior to his proffer to establish his good character, his ultimate contention appears to exclude any adverse character evidence as to veracity or…