BASKIN v. STATE

No. 2011-CT-00834-SCT.

145 So.3d 601 (2014)

Joel BASKIN v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

January 30, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Office of State Public Defender by Hunter Nolan Aikens , George T. Holmes , attorneys for appellant.

Office of the attorney General by Lisa L. Blount , Scott Stuart , attorneys for appellee.

EN BANC.


ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI

DICKINSON, Presiding Justice, for the Court:

¶ 1. Because this case turned entirely on whether the jury believed the testimony of the defendant's witnesses, the damage caused by any inappropriate evidence offered to impeach the credibility of those witnesses was heightened. All agree that the trial judge clearly erred by allowing the State to impeachment a key defense witness with a petty-larceny conviction. We therefore...

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