Bell v. State

Citations

• 66 Miss. 192

Syllabus

<p>1. Criminal Law. Trial. Right of accused to be present.</p> <p>One charged with a felony has the right to be present in court during the whole of his trial, and unless he voluntarily absents himself, the trial cannot be proceeded with in his absence.</p> <p>2. ’ Same. Accused as witness.</p> <p>Nor can the court require the accused, as a condition upon which he will be permitted to testify, to be examined before his other witnesses are put upon the stand.</p> <p>3. Same. Evidence. Unaommunicated threats.</p> <p>Previous uncommunicated threats, made by the injured party against the accused, are admissible in evidence where there is evidence tending to prove that the former made the first hostile demonstration.</p>