Court Opinion

ID: 9508156
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-06 21:28:33.941938+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:07:28.635538
License: Public Domain

MR. JUSTICE SHEEHY,
concurring in the result:
The court committed two errors in this cause, the unduly limited restriction on the cross-examination of the coroner, and two, the admission of testimony about an extra-marital affair.
The latter is the most serious. There is no rational basis to assume without question that a man indulging in extra-marital sex does not really love his wife. The prejudicial effect of such testimony outweighed any probative effect the evidence had, and should have been excluded.
The remaining evidence against the defendant is so weighty that I *103would regard these two errors as not significant. Therefore, I concur in the result.