State v. Latham

Clarke, J. *

— Defendant, James Latham, was tried and convicted by jury of arson in the first degree. Defendant appeals.

The issues presented are: Whether the court erred by (1) denying the motion in limine to exclude evidence of the defendant's prior conviction; (2) changing its unrecorded ruling that evidence of defendant's prior conviction was inadmissible after voir dire, thereby allowing this evidence to come in and depriving defendant's counsel of the opportunity to examine prospective jurors regarding their prejudices-and biases on drug abuse; and (3) denying two challenges for cause of…