State v. . Church

The defendant assigns as error the ruling of the court below in permitting the State, over the objection of the defendant, to cross-examine one of defendant’s character witnesses regarding specific acts of the defendant.

Ordinarily where a defendant introduces evidence of his good character it is error to permit the State to cross-examine the character witness as to particular acts of misconduct on the part of the defendant. Neither is it permissible for the State to introduce other evidence of such misconduct. Under such circumstances, however, the State is permitted to introduce evidence of…