Wright v. State

Jerry Wayne Wright was convicted of the possession and sale, on November 17, 1968, of marijuana. On appeal from the judgment and sentence against him, he assigns two grounds of reversible error, namely:

1. The trial court erred in allowing the state to cross-examine defendant, over - defense counsel’s objection, with respect to an arrest on a separate charge.

2. Certain testimony on rebuttal went beyond the scope of rebuttal evidence and had a harmful effect on the jury.

A careful review of the record convinces us prejudicial error did not occur where defendant claims it did. We will explain why.