Opinion ID: 1838003
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Heading: lewis decision

Text: In deciding Lewis Justice WIEST pertinently wrote for this Court as follows: I find reversible error in admitting the hospital record without calling the maker thereof. In a criminal case the accused has a right to be confronted by the witnesses against him. Constitution of Michigan (1908), art 2, § 19. See People v. Lambert, 5 Mich. 349 (72 Am. Dec. 49) [1858]; People v. Sligh, 48 Mich. 54 [11 NW 782 (1882)]; People v. Dow, 64 Mich. 717 (8 Am. St. Rep. 873) [31 NW 597 (1887)]. This accords right of questioning. 294 Mich 684, 687.