Morris v. State

Underwood, Judge.

Appellant Morris was found guilty of two counts of aggravated assault. On appeal he enumerates five errors, four of which relate to the court’s denial of his right to cross examine a key prosecution witness.

Morris contends that the trial court erred in allowing Charlie Huff, the alleged victim of one of the assaults, to invoke the Fifth Amendment in response to questions asked on cross examination for impeachment purposes. After stating that he did not want to answer the question "Did you ever shoot anybody with it?” (a shotgun owned by the witness), Huff in fact answered…