Wilson v. State

Zimmery Crutcher, Jr., Special Justice.

Glenn Lloyd Wilson, appellant, was charged with Battery in the First Degree for causing serious physical injury to Lloyd Stewart on or about June 24, 1984, by means of a deadly weapon or under circumstances manifesting extreme indifference to human life, in violation of Ark. Stat. Ann. § 41-1601.

The case came on for trial on February 25, 1985, before a jury duly impaneled, and after opening statements, the State called the prosecuting witness as its first witness. On cross-examination, appellant’s attorney asked about a $1,000,000 civil suit which the…