State v. Murphy

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Breaux, J.

The defendant was convicted of larceny.

From the verdict and judgment he appeals, and urges as error that the prosecuting officer propounded to him, while he was testifying as a witness in his own behalf, the question:

*959“ Have you ever been arrested for stealing?”

His grounds of objection were that he was compelled to answer, under the rulings of the trial judge, over his objections; that it tended to degrade his character.

That he had not put his character at issue.

That the records, if any, were the primary evidence of the facts sought to be…