BAKER, Justice.
Charles Warren Morgan, Jr., appeals from a murder conviction in which the jury assessed sixty years punishment. Appellant contends, in the second of eleven points of error, that the trial court erred in refusing to permit him to cross-examine Lou Ellen Melton, a State's witness, for the purpose of showing bias and motive for testifying favorably to the State. We agree and, therefore, reverse and remand for a new trial.
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