FIELDS v. COM.

Record No. 0783-86-3.

361 S.E.2d 359 (1987)

Ruben Travis FIELDS v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Court of Appeals of Virginia.

October 20, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David L. Scyphers (Johnson, Scyphers & Austin, P.C., Abingdon, on brief), for appellant.

W. Mark Dunn, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Mary Sue Terry, Atty. Gen., on brief), for appellee.

Present: COLEMAN, DUFF and HODGES, JJ.


DUFF, Judge.

Ruben Travis Fields (appellant) was convicted by a jury of two counts of grand larceny and two counts of breaking and entering, in violation of Code §§ 18.2-95 and 18.2-91. His appeal raises three issues: (1) whether the trial court erred in refusing an instruction regarding the effect of prior felony convictions on a witness' credibility; (2) whether the trial court erred in refusing to allow the appellant to testify about a conversation with...

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