Meyer v. State

The Absent Witnesses.

Mr. Meyer claims that an irregularity occurred when, of his four alibi witnesses who had been subpoenaed, three failed to appear. No evidence whatsoever is offered to show why such witnesses did not respond to their subpoenas. Mr. Meyer suggests that they may have been intimidated by the state, but there is not a shred of evidence in the record to support this contention.

The charge is further made that if the state in interviewing the alibi witnesses discovered evidence which was damaging to the state’s case, it was the state’s duty to produce such evidence. If there were…