Oates v. State

LAWSON, Justice.

Walter Dan Oates was convicted in the-circuit court of Colbert County of the offense of manslaughter in the first degree. The judgment of conviction was affirmed by the Court of Appeals.

On the petition of Oates, we granted' certiorari in order that we might review the Court of Appeals’ holding to the effect that the trial court correctly sustained objections interposed by counsel for the State-*183to certain questions asked by defense counsel during the cross-examination of Cora Lee Oates, a sister of the deceased and the wife of the defendant 'below, who was present at the…