Bell v. State

Ruffin, Judge.

A jury found Kenneth Bell guilty of one count of statutory rape, one count of incest, one count of child molestation, and two counts of aggravated child molestation. Bell appeals from his convictions, asserting that the trial court improperly limited his right to a thorough and sifting cross-examination. Because the trial court did not abuse its discretion in sustaining the State’s objection on relevancy grounds, we affirm.

“Although a defendant has a right to a thorough and sifting cross-examination of the witness . . . , the scope of cross-examination is not unlimited, and the…