539 So. 2d 400 - Cephus v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1988
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
March 1992
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Brady v. State of Maryland · Monroe v. Blackburn · 487 So. 2d 999 - Page v. State · 478 So. 2d 332 - Knight v. State · 460 So. 2d 331 - Henderson v. State
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“"The scope of cross-examination in a criminal proceeding is within the discretion of the trial judge and it is not reviewable except for the trial judge's prejudicial abuse of discretion. Jackson v. State , Ala. Cr. App., 353 So.2d 40 , cert. denied, 353 So.2d 48 (1977). McFerrin v. State , Ala. Cr. App., 339 So.2d 127 (1976). The right to a thorough and sifting cross-examination of a witness does not extend to matters that are collateral or immaterial and the trial judge is within his discretion in limiting questions which are of that nature. McLaren v. State , Ala. Cr. App. 353 So.2d 24 , cert. denied, 353 So.2d 35 (1977); McDonald v. State , Ala. Cr. App., 340 So.2d 103 (1976)".”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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