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Sadler v. State

Citations

  • 98 Miss. 401
  • 53 So. 783

Syllabus

<p>Criminal Law. Trial. Presence of defendant.</p> <p>In a trial for murder, it is reversible error for the defendant to be absent during the examination of a witness for the state, and this is not cured by having the stenographer read to the defendant the questions and answers propounded in his absence.</p>

Judges: Smith

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