Ferguson v. State

PRICE, Judge.

In a prosecution arising out of the death of a child caused by automobile accident, appellant was convicted of manslaughter in the second degree under an indictment charging second degree murder.

During the cross-examination of'State’s witness Wilma Mae Davis, mother of the dead child, the court refused to allow defendant to show that the witness had brought suit against the defendant for damages growing out of the same transaction upon which the criminal prosecution was based.

A party to an action or proceeding, civil or criminal, may elicit from an opposing witness on…