COLLINS v. STATE

No. 97-KA-01184 COA.

734 So.2d 247 (1999)

Henry COLLINS, Appellant, v. STATE of Mississippi, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Mississippi.

February 9, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jim Waide, Tupelo, Attorney for Appellant.

Office of the Attorney General by Charles W. Maris Jr., Attorney for Appellee.

BEFORE BRIDGES, C.J., PAYNE, and SOUTHWICK, JJ.


BRIDGES, C.J., for the Court:

¶ 1. Henry Collins was convicted of possession of marijuana in the Circuit Court of Clay County on July 24, 1997. He appeals, asserting that the trial court: 1) should not have allowed the State to "impeach" his credibility by producing evidence that he had been charged with simple assault in 1988, 2) should have allowed him to impeach Eugene Circus's credibility by introducing evidence of a prior conviction for possessing cocaine...

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