Williams v. State

OPINION

DALLY, Commissioner.

The conviction is for rape; the punishment, five years’ imprisonment.

Appellant claims that the trial court committed fundamental error at the guilt stage of the trial in permitting a defense witness to be questioned by the prosecutor about two extraneous burglary offenses allegedly committed by the appellant. The witness, an acquaintance of both prosecutrix and appellant, testified to facts concerning the relationship between appellant and prosecutrix. On cross-examination the following exchange took place between the prosecutor and the witness without objection :

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