Nixon v. State

OPINION

DALLY, Commissioner.

This is an appeal from a conviction for the offense of indecency with a child; the punishment, which is enhanced by a prior felony conviction, is imprisonment for 20 years.

We find reversible error in the overruling of appellant’s objection to the prosecutor’s asking of a “have you heard” question.

At the guilt-innocence phase of the trial the appellant offered the testimony of Royce Miller, the supervisor where he was employed. Miller’s brief testimony only concerned the appellant as an employee. We quote from the record:

DEFENSE COUNSEL: “Q What’s your position at…