Muse v. State

Carley, Judge.

Appellant appeals from his conviction of three counts of theft by receiving stolen property.

1. It is first urged that appellant was denied his right to a thorough and sifting cross-examination. During the course of cross-examination, a witness for the state was asked by defense counsel if he were familiar, from his own personal knowledge, with who had done a certain construction job at some time in the past. The witness responded: “I know who came in there and talked to me about that [construction project.]” When asked who it was who had talked to him, the witness named two…