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STATE v. MORGAN

541 S.W.2d 385 (1976)

STATE of Tennessee, Petitioner, v. David MORGAN, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

August 9, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Etrula R. Trotter, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, for petitioner; R.A. Ashley, Jr., Atty. Gen., Nashville, of counsel.

John Edgar Brown, III, Bell, Painter, McMurray, Callaway, Brown & Mashburn, Cleveland, for respondent.

OPINION

FONES, Justice.

Defendant Morgan was convicted of assault with a deadly weapon and sentenced to not less than one (1) nor more than two (2) years in the penitentiary.

The Court of Criminal Appeals reversed and remanded for a new trial, each member of the panel writing a separate opinion. All agreed that reversible error was committed but did not agree on the principles of law applicable to cross-examination of a defendant about prior convictions...

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