Cooke, J. On this appeal, Burnis Caviness contends that two evidentiary errors during trial, resulting in his conviction of manslaughter in the second degree, warrant reversal. One involves the admissibility of a spontaneous declaration by a bystander; the other, the allowance of cross-examination of defendant as to a prior conviction. In the late afternoon or early evening of March 11, 1972, William Earl Cephu…
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