State v. Williams

Syllabus

The Court granted Terry Williams a writ of certiorari to determine whether the court of appeals erred in affirming the trial court's ruling allowing the State to impeach a witness on redirect examination with details of two previous instances of domestic violence between the witness and Williams. We hold the trial court erred in allowing the State to elicit unfairly prejudicial details of the domestic violence incidents. The error was not harmless therefore, we reverse the court of appeals and remand for a new trial.