State v. Buford
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from, Monroe District Court. — Hon. C. "W. Vermillion, Judge. Defendant was indicted and convicted for murder of the second degree for killing one Davenport, and was sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of twelve years. The defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtPreston, J.
1. Examination of witnesses : leading quetions. I. The first matter assigned by defendant as error is that, over defendant’s objection, the court permitted the prosecuting attorney to ask the state’s witnesses leading questions. There were not many of gUCh questions all told, perhaps six or eight jn the entire trial; some of these were on re-examination and explanatory of the testimony of the witness on cross-examination. We think the questions were not leading, and the answers show that the witnesses were not led. Defendant has no just cause of complaint as to this matter.
2. Criminal law :…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- State v. BrownSupreme Court of Missouri · 1905
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