The court did not undermine defendant's efforts to call his codefendant as a witness. Prior to defendant's trial, the codefendant pleaded guilty in return for a promised lenient sentence that was scheduled to be imposed after defendant's trial. At the time of the plea, it was clear that the codefendant had no intention of testifying either for or against defendant. Nevertheless, defendant subsequently expressed a desire to call the codefendant as an exculpatory witness. The...
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