State v. Davidson

Citations

• 9 S.D. 564
• 70 N.W. 879
• 1897 S.D. LEXIS 119

Syllabus

<p>1. The state, on a trial for murder, having asked defendant’s witness on cross-examination whether he had not stated that, after an investigation he was convinced that defendant killed deceased, cannot rebut his negative answer.</p> <p>2. The erroneous~admission of testimony that deceased’s brother-in-law, who had come 120 miles to investigate the homicide, and made a careful investigation, said that he was convinced that defendant killed deceased, is ground for reversal.</p>