Johnson v. State

Steele Hays, Justice.

Lonnie Ray Johnson has appealed from two life sentences imposed on his convictions for the rapes of Sandra Johnson and Shelly Davis. We affirm the judgment of the trial court.

Johnson first argues the trial court should have granted his motion in limine to prevent his being asked on cross-examination, should he have elected to take the stand, whether he had been convicted of the crime of rape. The trial court denied the motion and Johnson did not take the stand. He urges that the prejudicial aspect of an earlier conviction, in 1980, for the same crime for which he was…