People v. Furtado

Citations

• 57 Cal. 345

Syllabus

<p>Witness, Impeachment of—Evidence.—A qualification of the rule governing the impeachment of a witness hy proof of contradictory statements elsewhere made by him is, that the matter involved in the supposed contradiction must be relevant to the issue being tried.</p> <p>ID.—Cross Examination.—A witness for the prosecution in a case of murder may properly be asked, in his cross-examination, whether lie had agreed to be present, and to aid the deceased in the expulsion of the defendant, who committed the homicide while an attempt was being made to expel him from premises claimed by the deceased.</p> <p>Error— Criminal Law.—A defendant is presumed to have been injured by erroneous rulings, unless it clearly and affirmatively appears that he was not.</p>