Legal Opinion
State v. Witsil
Delaware Court of Oyer and Terminer
Decided September 15, 1936No. 85PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Layton, C. J.,
delivering the opinion of the Court:
The objection to further cross-examination of the witness for impeachment purposes and the motion to strike out his answers could have been sustained on the ground that the record of the conviction was not produced, and certainly, upon the ground that there was, in fact, no conviction of the witness as no sentence had been imposed. 70 C. J. 856; 1 Wigmore Ev., § 521; 4 Jones Ev., § 716; Com. v. Gorham, 99 Mass. 420; State ex rel. Owens v. Barnes, 24 Fla. 153, 4 So. 560; Blaufus v. People, 69 N. Y. 107, 25 Am. *556Rep. 148; State v. Townley, 147…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Bannon v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
- Sims v. . SimsNew York Court of Appeals · 1878
- Commonwealth v. GorhamMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1868
- Kurtz v. FarringtonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1926
- Blaufus v. . PeopleNew York Court of Appeals · 1877
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Boyer v. RedmanDistrict Court, D. Delaware · 1982
- Flowers v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 1970