State v. Behiter

We believe the following cited authorities are ample to sustain our contention that a defendant who voluntarily takes the witness stand in his own defense cannot be interrogated with respect to matters which were not inquired about in his direct examination, for the purpose of impeachment, particularly where the answers to such interrogatories constitute admissions or confessions on the part of the defendant with respect to the commission of the crime, or which tend to so connect him, where the alleged confession or admission on the part of the defendant of the crime charged have not been…