State v. Allen

William Jay Allen (Allen) appeals from a jury verdict in the Twentieth Judicial District Court, Lake County, convicting him of robbery. We affirm.

*299The following issue is raised on appeal:

Did the District Court abuse its discretion in restricting the cross-examination of a witness on an issue that related to her credibility?

On the evening of July 9,1994, Allen went to the apartment of Tana Bockman (Bockman) in Ronan, Montana, to demand money which he alleged Bockman owed to him. Allen and his then-girlfriend, Marcie Mestith (Mestith), now married to Allen, had stayed at Bockman’s apartment in…