Gradsky v. State

The appellant Norman Gradsky was indicted, convicted and sentenced to a term in the State Penitentiary upon a charge of having embezzled a deepfreeze from Insured Savings & Loan Association, Inc. After a careful examination of the record we have come to the conclusion that this case must be reversed for the following reasons:

First. Sec. 26, Miss. Constitution 1890, guarantees that “In all criminal prosecutions the accused shall have a right * * * to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor * * *”, and this means, he may have his attorney, as well as other witnesses,…