STATE v. JOHNSON

20784

271 S.C. 485 (1978)

248 S.E.2d 313

The STATE, Respondent, v. John Henry JOHNSON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

October 18, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nancy C. Ranson and John D. Delgado, Columbia, for appellant.

Atty. Gen. Daniel R. McLeod, Asst. Attys. Gen. Brian P. Gibbes and Robert N. Wells, Jr. and Sol. James C. Anders, Columbia, for respondent.


October 18, 1978.

LEWIS, Chief Justice:

Appellant was convicted on September 14, 1977 of having committed the crime of forgery on March 11, 1977. He appeals from his conviction and subsequent sentence of seven (7) years on the sole ground that the lower court erred in the admission of testimony that he had been previously convicted of forgery in 1964.

Appellant testified in his own behalf and the testimony concerning two 1964 forgery convictions were...

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