Opinion ID: 1861492
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 6

Heading: -viii.

Text: Appellant contends that (1) the trial court erred in not permitting the defense to question Mrs. Knight concerning appellant's ability to recall his actions on the night of the alleged crime, and (2) the trial court erred in not permitting Officer Stevens to testify to the conduct of an accused rapist. The court informed Mrs. Knight (mother of appellant) that she could testify to what she observed appellant do and whether she thought it was usual or unusual. She was not asked the question of whether appellant could recall events surrounding the abduction and rape of the prosecutrix. Appellant did not state into the record what he expected to prove by Mrs. Knight, nor was a proffer of her testimony made. Thus, this assignment is without merit. Brown v. State, 338 So.2d 1008 (Miss. 1976). Officer Stevens was called by appellant as an expert in normal and abnormal conduct of rapists generally. The court refused to permit him to testify as such. This was not an abuse of discretion, and no error was committed in declining to accept Stevens as an expert in that field. Grinnell v. State, supra .