State v. Coloff

231 P.2d 343 (1951)

STATE

v.

COLOFF.

No. 9008.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Decided April 10, 1951.

As Corrected April 11, 1951.

Edwin E. Multz, Mr. Clarence Hanley, Helena, Mr. W.M. Black, Shelby, for appellant.

Arnold H. Olsen, Atty. Gen., Mr. Louis E. Poppler, Asst. Atty. Gen., Mr. John C. Hoyt, County Atty., Shelby, for respondent.

FREEBOURN, Justice.

Defendant and appellant was convicted of committing lewd and lascivious acts upon a child under the age of sixteen years and appeals from such conviction.

Under cross-examination defendant, not charged with a prior conviction, was asked if he had ever been…