West v. State

Appellant was convicted by a jury of tbe crime of rape and bis punishment fixed at death. He has appealed.

For reversal it is first urged by appellant that the lower court erred in permitting the prosecuting attorney to aslc the prosecuting witness numerous leading questions. We have examined carefully the testimony and find that this assignment of error should not be sustained. While some questions addressed to this witness were leading in form, we have often said that control of the examination of witnesses as regards to propounding of leading questions on direct examination is a matter…