Loudd v. State

The most serious point raised on this appeal questions the propriety of allowing a person who was initially a co-defendant to testify that he pleaded guilty and has been sentenced to prison.

Appellant Loudd, Alfonso Cain and Toby Williams were charged in a single information with delivery of cocaine. Cain and Williams pleaded guilty and were sentenced prior to Loudd’s trial. Cain became a witness for the State during Loudd’s trial and testified at length about Loudd’s complicity in the drug transaction which was the subject matter of this prosecution. The prosecutor then questioned Cain…