Landrum v. State

I join in the dissenting opinion offered by Judge Mayfield, but I write separately to emphasize one other point.

As indicated by Judge Mayfield’s opinion, the appellant’s character for peacefulness was not put in issue by testimony that he “usually did not even carry a knife.” Of further significance, is that this testimony was elicited from appellant on cross-examination. We have recognized that when a witness testifies on direct examination that he has not committed collateral acts of misconduct, that testimony may be contradicted by extrinsic evidence. However, it is also well settled that,…