State v. Bumper

The sole question for decision is whether the trial court erred in restricting defendant’s cross-examination of State’s witness, Monty Jones, on the question of his identification of defendant in the lineups held on 16 August 1966.

Monty Jones stated on direct examination that he went into a room at the jail on two separate occasions and on each occasion he observed ten or fifteen colored men standing in line. On each occasion he went back and told Sheriff Stockard the number being held by the man who attacked him.

On cross-examination he testified:

“Yes, sir, I looked at each and every face the…