Case Name: JOSE M. MESA, Appellant v. PEOPLE OF THE TERRITORY OF GUAM, Appellee
Court: District Court of Guam
Jurisdiction: Guam
Decision Date: 1968-02-23
Citations: 1 Guam 182
Docket Number: Criminal No. 41-A
Parties: JOSE M. MESA, Appellant v. PEOPLE OF THE TERRITORY OF GUAM, Appellee
Judges: Before SHRIVER, Judge, District Court of Guam; SHOE-CRAFT, Chief Justice, High Court of the Trust Terri tory, Pacific Islands and PEREZ, Chief Judge, Island Court of Guam
Reporter: Guam Reports
Volume: 1
Pages: 182–183

Head Matter:
JOSE M. MESA, Appellant v. PEOPLE OF THE TERRITORY OF GUAM, Appellee
Criminal No. 41-A
District Court of Guam Appellate Division
February 23, 1968
Counsel for Appellant: Barrett, Ferenz, Trapp & Gayle (Howard G. Trapp, of counsel)
Counsel for Appellee: Paul J. Abbate, Deputy Island Attorney, Government of Guam
Before SHRIVER, Judge, District Court of Guam; SHOE-CRAFT, Chief Justice, High Court of the Trust Terri tory, Pacific Islands and PEREZ, Chief Judge, Island Court of Guam

Opinion:
PER CURIAM
OPINION
The defendant-appellant herein was convicted in Island Court of the offense of battery with which he was charged, along with other offenses. He took the stand and testified, and on cross-examination the Deputy Island Attorney, over objection, was permitted to ask the defendant whether he had been convicted of other disconnected misdemeanors. This Court previously held that when a defendant witness was asked whether he had been convicted of a felony, admitted that he was so convicted, and was then asked whether he had been convicted also of a misdemeanor, this was not reversible error. In the instant case, however, the Island Attorney has admitted prejudicial error and we agree that the determination below must be reversed. It is so ordered.