Title: Ex Parte McCorvey

State: alabama

Issuer: Alabama Supreme Court

Document:

686 So. 2d 425 (1996)
Ex parte Nathaniel McCORVEY.
(Re Nathaniel McCorvey v. State.
1941743.

Supreme Court of Alabama.
July 12, 1996.
Edward L. D. Smith and Selma L. D. Smith of Smith and Smith, Mobile, for Petitioner.
Jeff Sessions, Atty. Gen., and John J. Park, Jr., Deputy Atty. Gen., for Respondent.
KENNEDY, Justice.
We granted the writ of certiorari in order to review the judgment of the Court of Criminal Appeals affirming the defendant's criminal conviction. That court affirmed by an unpublished memorandum, pursuant to Rule 54, Ala.R.App.P. The defendant argues that the trial court erred in permitting the State to impeach his credibility as a witness by eliciting evidence regarding his probationary status as a youthful offender.
We reverse. We adopt the reasoning of Judge Taylor, expressed in his opinion dissenting from the no-opinion affirmance. McCorvey v. State, 686 So. 2d 424 (Ala.Crim. App.1995). Judge Taylor stated:
686 So. 2d  at 424.
REVERSED AND REMANDED.
HOOPER, C.J., and ALMON, SHORES, HOUSTON, and COOK, JJ., concur.
MADDOX, J., concurs specially.
BUTTS, J., dissents.
MADDOX, Justice (concurring specially).
I concur specially to point out that the majority's opinion is consistent with Rule 609(d), Alabama Rules of Evidence (effective January 1, 1996). That Rule provides: