STATE v. MARTIN


642 S.W.2d 720 (1982)

STATE of Tennessee, Appellee, v. James MARTIN, Jr., Appellant.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Nashville.

December 6, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

William M. Leech, Jr., Atty. Gen., John C. Zimmermann, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, for appellee.


OPINION

FONES, Chief Justice.

The only issue before this Court is whether defendants are entitled as a matter of right in all circumstances to demand that the trial judge rule on the admissibility of each of defendant's prior convictions before defendant makes an election whether to testify.

The facts relevant to that issue follow. Defendant was indicted, tried and convicted for second degree burglary, grand larceny and being an habitual criminal...

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