State v. Gregory

SHRUM, Presiding Judge.

The defendant James Berry Gregory was found guilty by a jury of sodomy, § 566.-060.1, RSMo 1986,1 and sentenced in accordance with the jury’s recommendation to seven years’ imprisonment. He appeals from that judgment.

ISSUE

The dispositive inquiry is whether the trial court prejudicially erred when it allowed the state, over objection, to question its rebuttal witness Betty Warnock about her extensive criminal record. We answer that question in the affirmative and reverse and remand for further proceedings.

FACTS

For its case-in-chief, the state called two witnesses, the…