Court Opinion

ID: 9648388
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-23 14:18:04.240488+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:11:59.863198
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OPINION ON APPELLANT’S MOTION FOR REHEARING
JACKSON, Commissioner.
Appellant now calls the Court’s attention to an addition to the statement of facts, which addition is certified to by the trial court, disclosing that after defense counsel had placed four witnesses on the stand to attest to his good general reputation as a peaceable and law-abiding citizen, the court then asked defense attorney how many character witnesses he had in the hall, and he said he had eleven. The court told defense counsel at that time that he would not permit him to put on that many witnesses. Counsel for the State at that time had a witness on the stand and defense counsel told the court, “I am not going to ask him any questions, then T’ve got some others.”
The court further certified that defense counsel was never told not to put on any more witnesses but was told he could not put on all eleven additional character witnesses.
The defense thereafter did not call any additional witness but then announced, “We rest, Your Honor.”
We find no objection to this ruling of the court, and no tender of any additional character witnesses, hence the appellant is in no position to complain.
We have reviewed the record in the light of appellant’s motion, find the original opinion correctly disposed of the case, and overrule the motion for rehearing.
Opinion approved by the Court.