BREWER v. STATE


501 S.W.2d 280 (1973)

Comer Ellis BREWER v. STATE of Tennessee.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

November 5, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W.S. Fleming, Thomas W. Hardin, Columbia, for plaintiff in error.

David M. Pack, Atty. Gen., W. Henry Haile, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, J. Alonzo Bates, Dist. Atty. Gen., Centerville, for the State.


OPINION

McCANLESS, Justice.

The defendant, Comer Ellis Brewer, on October 12, 1971, was convicted of third degree burglary and was sentenced to a term of three years in the penitentiary. The question before this Court involves the introduction during cross-examination and rebuttal of otherwise inadmissible evidence for the purpose of impeaching the credibility of the accused.

The facts show that the Ray Grimes Hardware Store in Hohenwald was burglarized...

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