STATE v. FLUELLEN


626 S.W.2d 299 (1981)

STATE of Tennessee, Appellee, v. Essie George FLUELLEN, Appellant.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee, at Nashville.

Permission to Appeal Denied December 28, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter C. Kurtz, Metropolitan Public Defender, Kim L. Kirk, Public Defender's Office, Nashville, for appellant.

William M. Leech, Jr., State Atty. Gen. and Reporter, Rhonda J. Cartwright, Asst. State Atty. Gen., Ronald E. Miller, H. Scott Williams, Asst. Dist. Attys. Gen., Nashville, for appellee.


Permission to Appeal Denied by Supreme Court December 28, 1981.

OPINION

BYERS, Judge.

The defendant was convicted of aggravated rape, and the jury fixed the punishment at twenty (20) years. In a bifurcated proceeding he was found to have become an habitual offender, and the punishment was enhanced to life imprisonment.

The defendant says the trial court erred in holding a prior robbery conviction could be used to impeach his credibility as...

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