Smallwood v. State

COLE, Judge.

In this case we are asked to determine whether the trial court erred when it refused to allow cross-examination of a *302witness as to the outcome of charges she had-filed against Petitioner on two previous occasions. Because we believe that the questions were intended to uncover prejudice, and bias on. the part of the witness, we conclude that it was reversible, error for the court to prohibit cross-examination on this point.

The circumstances surrounding the crime and Petitioner’s prosecution are essential to an understanding of the context in which the cross-examination was…