Smith v. State

718 S.W.2d 475 (1986)

19 Ark.App. 188

Willie Jackson SMITH, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

No. CA CR 86-86.

Court of Appeals of Arkansas, En Banc.

November 5, 1986.

Rehearing Denied December 3, 1986.

Gerald A. Coleman, West Memphis, for appellant.

Steve Clark, Atty. Gen., by William F. Knight, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, for appellee.

CLONINGER, Judge.

Following a jury trial, appellant was convicted of burglary and sentenced to seven years in prison. For his appeal, appellant argues that the trial court erred in allowing the state to cross-examine appellant about his 1971 felony conviction…