State v. Poolos

There is no contention on the part of the defendant that the State’s evidence is insufficient to support the verdict. She contends, however, that the court committed prejudicial error by sustaining objections by the State to certain questions propounded by her counsel in cross-examining the State’s witnesses.

Counsel for defendant, in cross-examining Anne Shuler, one of the State’s witnesses, asked her if on one occasion she had tried to commit suicide by eating some bobby pins. The State objected to the question and the court sustained the objection. The defendant duly excepted to the court’s…