SUGG, Justice, for the Court.
Defendant, Jerry Wayne Bridges, was indicted, tried and convicted of burglary in the Circuit Court of Scott County. At the time of his trial the defendant was awaiting sentencing on a forgery charge in Louisiana to which he had pled guilty. On cross-examination during the burglary trial evidence of his prior guilty plea was elicited from the defendant. The issue is whether a guilty plea is admissible for the purpose of impeaching a defendant...
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