State v. Brown

PARKER, Judge.

On cross-examination of defendant by the solicitor the following occurred:

Question: “On January 16, 1973, where were you employed ?”

Answer: “I was employed at Burroughs Wellcome.”

Question: “A pharmaceutical plant?”

Answer: “Yes sir.”

Question: “What do they manufacture?”

“Objection Overruled”

Answer: “They manufacture medicine.”

Appellant assigns error to the overruling of his objection to the solicitor’s question as to what defendant’s employer manufactured. This assignment of error is without merit. The question was well within the range of permissible cross-examination within the…