State v. Shaffner

VAUGHN, Judge.

Defendant makes several assignments of error which he contends require either a dismissal or a new trial. We do not agree. During cross-examination right after defendant said the inn had been closed since 31 December 1978, the following took place:

Q. And as a matter of fact, didn’t Sheriff Gentry speak to you about the sale of alcoholic beverages there?

Mr. Brewer: Objection.

Court: Overruled.

*92Q. Didn’t he speak to you about that?

A. He spoke to me — that was in the early part of the year, too.

A. In 1978?

A. No, ’79.

The Sheriff and Mr. Harrison Dickson, the ABC officer in this area,…