Shockley v. State

OPINION

HAL HARDIN, Special Judge.

L. V. Shockley appeals his conviction for rape, for which he received a ten year penitentiary sentence. He now contends: (1) that the evidence fails to support the jury’s verdict, (2) that the trial court improperly applied T.C.A. § 40-2445 to restrict his right to cross-examine and to produce witnesses in his own behalf, (3) that he was unfairly prejudiced by the prosecution’s closing argument and the court’s refusal to entertain his objections to it, and (4) that the prosecution improperly introduced evidence of other crimes against him. For the reasons set…