Hardiman v. State

OPINION

LANE, Vice Presiding Judge:

Appellant was convicted of Possession of a Controlled Dangerous Substance After Former Conviction of Two or More Felonies (63 O.S.1981, § 2-402) after a trial by jury in the District Court of Oklahoma County, Case No. CRF-87-1430. After a two stage trial, the jury recommended a punishment of sixty (60) years incarceration. Appellant was sentenced accordingly. He now appeals that conviction alleging, among other things, that he was improperly impeached with former convictions. We agree and reverse the conviction.

Appellant and another man, . Ernest Thompson,…