State v. Purcell

EXUM, Justice.

Defendant contends the trial court committed prejudicial error in refusing to sustain his objections to two questions asked him on cross-examination by the prosecutor. These questions were “You have killed somebody haven’t you, Mr. Purcell?” and “Well, it was known all around town that you killed somebody weren’t it?” We agree with defendant that these questions, in the form in which they were asked, fall outside the scope of our rule allowing cross-examination for purposes of impeachment as to prior specific acts of degrading conduct. We therefore order that defendant receive a…