STATE v. GALMORE


994 S.W.2d 120 (1999)

STATE of Tennessee, Appellee, v. Abraham GALMORE, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Jackson.

May 10, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A.C. Wharton, Public Defender, M. Mark Ward, Assistant Public Defender, Memphis, for Appellant.

John Knox Walkup, Attorney General and Reporter, Michael E. Moore, Solicitor General, Michael J. Fahey, II, Assistant Attorney General, Nashville, for Appellee.


OPINION

HOLDER, Justice.

We granted this appeal to determine: 1) whether the State may impeach a defendant's credibility by referring to an unnamed felony conviction; and 2) if not, whether a non-testifying defendant must show that he did not testify because of the trial court's ruling. We hold that the trial court erred in permitting the State to impeach the defendant's credibility by referring to an unnamed felony conviction. We further hold that the defendant...

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