Beal v. State

DISSENTING OPINION

MORRISON, Judge.

Officer Lewis testified that he found one pill on appellant’s person at the time of his arrest. Appellant, testifying in his own behalf, denied that he had any such pill in his possession or that the arresting officer had found the same on his person at the time of the arrest.

The issue thus became clearly drawn as to who the jury were to believe.

The State, through the prosecutor conducting the case, offered the testimony that appellant’s reputation for truth and veracity was bad. We will not pause here to comment upon the propriety of a lawyer becoming a…