Arbogast v. State

The appellant was charged and tried before a jury which convicted him of possession of a stolen motor vehicle and resisting an arrest without violence. He has appealed, but of the points presented only one merits discussion as the evidence was ample to sustain the conviction. That point concerns the trial court’s requiring a witness to stand and face the jury while testifying.

“It is ordinarily for the judge presiding at the trial to determine, in his discretion, whether acts or conduct of a party, a witness, a court attendant, or other person is of such a nature as to preclude the proper and…