Woods v. State

HERRMANN, Chief Justice:

The defendant was convicted of rape. This appeal involves an attack upon the propriety of the prosecuting attorney’s cross-examination of the defendant’s character witnesses. The defendant contends that he was denied a fair trial due to certain groundless and prejudicial questions asked those witnesses.

I

The defendant was charged with the rape of a member of a choral gospel group of which he was the leader.

At trial, the defense was consent. Because of the lack of any substantial evidence against him, other than the testimony of the prosecutrix, the case was a close one.…