State v. Brooks

Citations

• 89 Wash. 427
• 154 P. 795
• 1916 Wash. LEXIS 706

Syllabus

<p>Witnesses — Privilege — Accused as Witness — Cross-Examination. Where the accused takes the stand in his own defense, he is subject to all the rules of law relating to the cross-examination of other witnesses.</p> <p>Criminal Law — Trial—Witnesses — Credibility — Question for Jury. The credibility and mentality of the prosecuting witness, who positively identified the accused, is a question for the jury, notwithstanding that he was a moral pervert and associated with disreputable persons, where those matters were fully gone into at the trial.</p> <p>New Trial — Newly Discovered Evidence. A new trial for newly discovered evidence is properly denied where it merely related to the credibility of the prosecuting witness, which had been fully gone into at the trial, and was simply cumulative upon that point.</p>