State v. Austin

Citations

• 83 Wash. 444
• 145 P. 451
• 1915 Wash. LEXIS 701

Syllabus

<p>Jury • — ■ Competency — Prior Service as Juror. The fact that jurors had served at the same term of court in a criminal case of the same nature was not a disqualification, where all who were allowed to sit had asserted they would disregard the testimony given in the prior case and render a verdict upon the facts as disclosed in the case on trial.</p> <p>Witnesses — Cross-Examination — Character Witness. In the cross-examination of character witnesses for the defendant in a criminal prosecution, it was not misconduct on the part of counsel to question such witnesses as to whether they did not know that defendant had been guilty of some misconduct and had lived with and associated with people of questionable character.</p>