Schuman v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Garland Circuit Court; Calvin T. Gotham, Judge; 1. The conduct of tbe prosecuting attorney in recalling the witness Bluitt and questioning him as to specific acts, and particularly the question as to whether or not he had been convicted of petit larceny, etc., was an effort to discredit the witness before the jury by improper questions, and was necessarily prejudicial; and the mild statement of the court was not sufficient to eradicate the injurious effect of it.
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Appeal from Garland Circuit Court; Calvin T. Gotham, Judge; 1. The conduct of tbe prosecuting attorney in recalling the witness Bluitt and questioning him as to specific acts, and particularly the question as to whether or not he had been convicted of petit larceny, etc., was an effort to discredit the witness before the jury by improper questions, and was necessarily prejudicial; and the mild statement of the court was not sufficient to eradicate the injurious effect of it. Id. (State v.. Coulter); 100 Ark. 561. 2. Likewise, his conduct in recalling the witness Coulter for the purpose of…
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, J.
The defendant, Clarence A. Schuman, was indicted by the grand jury of Garland County at its September term, 1912, for murder in the first degree. Upon the trial of said cause, the defendant admitted the killing and as a defense plead insanity at the time of the killing, produced by the constant and excessive use of morphine. The proof showed that the defendant and the deceased were man and wife, but at the time of the killing were iiving apart, and that on the day of the tragedy, the appellant was in the home of a neighbor of the deceased, where he was engaged in staining the floors; that he…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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- Green v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1898
- Turner v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1911
3Cited by6 opinions
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