Felder v. State

Citations

• 108 Miss. 580
• 67 So. 56

Syllabus

<p>1. Cbiminai. Law. Review. Questions of fact. Witness. Privilege. Waiver.</p> <p>Where on appeal it appears to the supreme court that no rational man could have found in the evidence, proof of defendant’s guilt, the court will set aside the verdict of the jury in the court below, but will not overturn such verdict merely because the court might have reached a different conclusion.</p> <p>2. Witnesses. Privilege. Waiver hy accused.</p> <p>In the trial of an accused for homicide it was not error to permit the state to prove what the defendant said in his testimony before the coroner’s jury, when he was not then charged with the crime and voluntarily gave his testimony and did not claim his privilege to refuse to answer questions, since in failing to do so he waived his privilege, if he had any.</p>