State v. Clark

WEBB, Justice.

By his first assignment of error the defendant argues that he was “denied his right to cross-examine the State’s key witnesses in complete accordance with the rules of evidence.” He first con tends that the trial court erred in denying him an opportunity to cross-examine Darrell Givens concerning the details of a larceny for which Mr. Givens was convicted.

The defendant propounded questions on cross-examination to Darrell Givens which, if he had been allowed to answer, would have shown that after Mr. Givens had left his employment with a fire extinguisher company he went to…