Starling v. State

Citations

• 89 Miss. 328
• 42 So. 798

Syllabus

<p>Criminal Law and Procedure. Witnesses. Impeachment. Charges of crime. Code 1892, §1746. .Code 1906, §1923.</p> <p>Where a defendant in a criminal case is a witness in his own behalf, it is reversible error, objection being properly made, for the trial court to compel him to testify, in answer to the state’s enquiries, touching charges of crimes previously made against him; such procedure is not within Code 1892, §1746, Code 1906, § 1923, providing that any witness may be compelled to testify touching his conviction of any crime.</p>