State v. Pitts

Defendant-appellant, Larry Pitts, was tried by a jury in the District Court of Nebraska, Second Judicial District, in and for Sarpy County, on a charge of first degree sexual assault. We reverse and remand for a new trial.

In view of the following analysis and disposition, we discuss only the assignment of error that the trial court abused its discretion in allowing appellant to be cross-examined with respect to certain misdemeanor convictions.

In response to direct examination questions, defendant testified that he had “misdemeanor crimes’’ while a resident of Knox, Indiana. He came to…