State of Kansas v. Marshall

Citations

• 95 Kan. 628
• 148 P. 675
• 1915 Kan. LEXIS 263

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>1. Contumacious Witness — Evasive Answers — Sent to' Jail— No Error. Where the court in the exercise of its sound discretion finds it necessary to send a refractory witness to jail for evading a direct and candid answer to a competent question, no error is thereby committed in derogation of the rights of a defendant on trial at the time.</p> <p>2. Witness — Evidence of Convict — Stwtute Changing Rule of Evidence. The recent enactment of senate bill No. 416 (Laws 1915, ch. 267), providing that no person shall be disqualified as a witness in a criminal action by reason of his conviction of a felony, renders a new trial unnecessary on account of the admission of the testimony of such a witness; since, if a new trial were ordered, such testimony would now be admissible beyond cavil or question.</p>