HATCHETT v. STATE


552 S.W.2d 414 (1977)

Anthony Keith HATCHETT, Appellant, v. STATE of Tennessee, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee.

Certiorari Denied May 2, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jay Fred Friedman, Memphis, for appellant.

R.A. Ashley, Jr., Atty. Gen., John F. Southworth, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, William E. Frulla and Joseph B. Dailey, Asst. Dist. Attys. Gen., Memphis, for appellee.


Certiorari Denied by Supreme Court May 2, 1977.

OPINION

TATUM, Judge.

The appellant was convicted for possessing a controlled substance (lycergic acid diethylamide — LSD) and his punishment was fixed at 11 months and 29 days in the county jail or workhouse. This conviction must be reversed.

The assignment of error which must be sustained is that the Court erred in allowing the State to question the appellant concerning a prior misdemeanor...

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