State v. Bailey

PARKER, Judge.

The State presented the testimony of a police officer who had investigated the matter. On cross-examination, this witness testified that during the week prior to the trial he had been back to the motel room, No. 104, which the prosecuting witness had occupied and had also gone into some of the adjoining rooms. Defense counsel asked the witness, “While you were in the adjoining rooms, did you hear any hollering from Room 104?” The court sustained the State’s objection to this question. Had the witness been permitted to answer, he would have answered, “Yes.” The exclusion of this…