Jones v. State

In deference to the argument of learned counsel on rehearing, we make this brief response.

It is asseverated that to allow the State's sanity experts to testify that their examination of Jaffie Jones was by court appointment was a prejudicial violation of the rule that a party may not, as a general proposition, add credit to his own witness by showing his lack of bias or interest until the opposing party has attempted to impeach him. The following cases are cited to sustain the argument: O'Rear v. Manchester Lumber Co., 6 Ala. App. 461, 60 So. 462; Parker v. State,10 Ala. App. 53, 65 So. 90.…