STATE v. FLOWERS

No. 38,288.

262 Minn. 164 (1962)

114 N.W. (2d) 78

STATE v. HUGH EDWARD FLOWERS.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

March 16, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hugh Edward Flowers, pro se, for appellant.

Walter F. Mondale, Attorney General, Charles E. Houston, Solicitor General, William B. Randall, County Attorney, and Stephen L. Maxwell, Assistant County Attorney, for respondent.


OTIS, JUSTICE.

The defendant, Hugh Edward Flowers, was charged with second-degree assault arising out of an altercation with one Darwin Morrow on March 26, 1960, in the city of St. Paul. The defendant having pled not guilty was tried and convicted in the District Court of Ramsey County and appeals from that conviction.

While the evidence of defendant's guilt is strong, we hold that the cross-examination of defendant was so manifestly improper and prejudicial...

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