Buckley v. State

Citations

• 62 Miss. 705

Syllabus

<p>Evidence. Testimony of one accused of crime. Instruction as to credibility thereof. Practice.</p> <p>Under the legislative act approved February 27, 1882, providing that, “The accused shall be a competent witness for himself in any prosecution against him,” it is error for the court to instruct the jury trying an indictment for murder that “ in weighing the defendant’s testimony they should consider the interest he has in the result, and they may disregard it altogether.” Such testimony should be permitted to go to the jury without being prejudiced, impaired, or influenced by suggestions as to its probable falsity or cautions against giving credence to it.</p>