Opinion ID: 1700705
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Heading: The Failure of the Trial Court to Exclude from the Courtroom the County Attorney who was a Material Witness for the State.

Text: The county attorney testified for the State on introduction of appellant's confession. The sequestration rule is a procedural matter within the discretion of the trial judge. Butler v. State, 320 So.2d 786 (Miss. 1975). In Gillespie v. State, 215 Miss. 380, 61 So.2d 150 (1952), the Court held that it was not error to allow a county attorney to testify as a witness after hearing testimony offered by other witnesses, since he was an officer of the court. There was no showing here that the trial court abused its discretion or that appellant was prejudiced thereby.