Clark v. State

OPINION

MONTGOMERY, Justice.

In this case we consider whether the court of appeals, after determining that an improper attack on the credibility of a principal defense witness was not harmless and required reversal of two of the defendant’s convictions, erred by permitting another conviction, for a different offense, to remain standing. Because we cannot conclude that the improper attack was harmless with respect to the other, affirmed conviction, we reverse.

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Defendant was convicted of two counts of transporting stolen livestock and one count of forgery in a trial before a twelve-person jury in…