Stewart v. State

Citations

• 58 Fla. 97

Syllabus

<p>1. Where the evidence entirely fails to connect a convicted party with a crime of which, he was convicted, this court will reverse the judgment of conviction.</p> <p>2. It is competent for a party on trial for alleged crime, on the cross-examination of a State witness to propound to him questions tending to show the motives, interest or animus of the witness as connected with the cause of the parties thereto, and in this regard a wide range of cross-examination should be allowed. ,</p> <p>3. A State witness cannot be cross-examined in regard toi the contents of an affidavit he admits having made, until the affidavit has been exhibited to him.</p> <p>4. Where a defendant on trial makes himself a witness in the case and is asked in cross-examination whether he had made a certain statement to another party, and where he admits having a conversation with said party, but denies that he made the statement about which he had been interrogated, he should be allowed on the re-direct examination to tell what the conversation was.</p>