McMullian v. State

The dissenting opinion of Mr. Justice Faulkner properly states the sole issue for *249our consideration is whether the trial court’s ruling in sustaining objections to certain questions asked of a witness regarding his possible prejudice or bias constituted reversible error.

As this court recently held in Ex parte Wells (In re Wells, Alias v. State), [1973] 292 Ala. 256, 292 So.2d 471, viz :

“It thus appears to be our rule that, notwithstanding the range of cross-examination to develop bias is largely discretionary, where the witness’ testimony is important to the determination of the issues being…