People v. Keith

Citations

• 6 Cal. Unrep. 916
• 68 P. 816
• 1902 Cal. LEXIS 902

Syllabus

<p>Rape—Cross-examination as to Previous Offenses.—In a prosecution for rápe it was error to compel defendant on cross-examination, to testify to the fact of his having had sexual intercourse with the prosecutrix on two prior occasions, one of which was more than a year before the crime charged was alleged to have been committed, and at a time when the prosecutrix was under the age of consent, such evidence not having been touched upon in the direct examination.1</p>