POWELL v. STATE

No. 01-82-0265-CR

663 S.W.2d 465 (1983)

John Wayne POWELL, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Houston (1st Dist.).

September 29, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Occie Tate, Houston, for appellant.

Eleanor Montague, Houston, for appellee.

Before WARREN, COHEN and BULLOCK, JJ.


OPINION

COHEN, Justice.

A jury convicted the appellant of burglary of a habitation and assessed punishment at imprisonment for five years.

We reverse the judgment and remand the cause for a new trial because the State was wrongly permitted to impeach a witness with a "have you heard" question suggesting the appellant's involvement in another offense.

The appellant called Ms. Adella Moreno as a witness at the guilt-innocence stage of the trial...

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