McCLOSE v. STATE

No. 44148.

192 So.2d 274 (1966)

George McCLOSE v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

November 21, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Billy E. Harris, Quitman, for appellant.

Joe T. Patterson, Atty. Gen., by G. Garland Lyell, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.


BRADY, Justice.

We have carefully reviewed the evidence in this cause and evaluated the errors assigned by the appellant. We reach these inescapable conclusions. The court did not err in overruling the motion of appellant for a directed verdict. It was not the duty of the state to produce a witness whose testimony might have been favorable for the appellant. It was the duty of the appellant to obtain this witness who had not even been subpoenaed by the appellant....

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