Court Opinion

ID: 9778839
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-29 21:22:25.878543+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:33:13.996077
License: Public Domain

On Petition to Rehear
The petition to rehear is respectfully overruled.
On Second Petition to Rehear
Complaint is made in this second petition to rehear that we failed to discuss Gray v. State, 191 Tenn. 526, 235 S.W.2d 20, and one or two other cases cited in that opinion, also Thorpe v. State, 202 Tenn. 298, 304 S.W.2d 309.
With due respect to the zeal of counsel, we did not see, and do not now see, any need for discussing those cases. The Gray case does not involve a similar situation to the instant case at all. If counsel will look on pages 529 and 530 of the Gray case in 191 Tenn., on pages 21 and 22 of 235 S.W.2d, it will be seen that an effort was made in a homicide case to impeach the accused by independent evidence by asking a witness about a specific act — purchase of whisky from accused — when accused had neither taken the stand nor put his character in issue.
That opinion then goes on to explain that even after the accused had taken the stand but had not put his character in issue, specific offenses involving moral turpitude could not be testified to by other witnesses, they being limited to general reputation, although the accused himself might be asked about specific offenses *410involving moral turpitude. At pag*e 533 of 191 Tenn., at page 23 of 235 S.W.2d.
That, however, is all beside the point of the particular case. Here the party — witness first testified that he had resided continuously, or at least left that clear impression, at a certain place. Then on cross-examination counsel was entitled to ask about the question of residence. When he did, it transpired from the witness’ answers he had been at the Municipal Farm part of the Lime. This gave counsel the right to inquire fully about this discrepancy, because it affected credibility.
We think there is no need to discuss the other cases cited by counsel, because the original opinion fully covers the situation in the instant case.
Petition is overruled.