Bibbs v. State

BLUE, Chief Judge.

Dameian DeVaughan Bibbs raises several issues in this appeal following his convictions for burglary of a structure, grand theft, and criminal mischief. We agree that the trial court erred by refusing to allow Bibbs to testify regarding his prior convictions. Accordingly, we reverse.

The trial court refused to allow Bibbs to testify that his prior convictions resulted from pleas. This was error. “Questions concerning prior pleas are proper anticipatory rehabilitation and the effect of such questioning is to ‘ameliorate the highly negative effect the knowledge of the past…