GEORGE ROSE SMITH, Justice.
Upon trial by jury the appellant was found guilty of first-degree rape and was sentenced to a 40-year prison term. Two points for reversal are argued.
First, Duncan testified in his own defense. On cross-examination the prosecutor inquired about Duncan's guilt in a number of earlier instances, this being a typical question: "In March, the 7th, of 1954, in Sacramento, California, were you guilty of burglary?" Duncan denied his guilt...
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