Warbington v. State

PHIPPS, Presiding Judge.

Richard Warbington appeals his judgment of conviction, challenging a pretrial ruling that one of his prior felony convictions constituted admissible impeachment evidence. For reasons explained below, Warbington has failed to demonstrate reversible error. We affirm.

Warbington was indicted on multiple charges stemming from his physical and verbal attacks upon his girlfriend, her family members, her friend, and her neighbor. Before his March 2011 jury trial began, Warbington moved to preclude the state from using his numerous prior convictions to impeach him if he…