State of Tennessee v. Larry McKee, Jr.

Defendant, Larry E. McKee, appeals his Bradley County conviction for theft of property valued at more than $1,000, but less than $2,500.  He contends on appeal that the trial court abused its discretion and committed reversible error by (1) prohibiting Defendant's trial counsel from cross-examining two witnesses as to the manner in which the landlord of the burglarized property received rent payments from the tenants, (2) refusing to allow trial counsel to explain the relevancy of said line of questioning, and (3) threatening to hold the trial counsel in contempt for continuing to ask the witnesses about such payment methods after the trial court ruled them irrelevant.  After review, we affirm the judgment of the trial court.