Hutchins v. State

The appellant, Elbert Ray Hutchins, was jointly indicted with James H. Shaw and several others for burglary. The appellant was tried separately at the May, 1950, Term of the Circuit Court of Hinds County and was convicted and sentenced to serve a term of five years in the state penitentiary. From that judgment he prosecutes this appeal.

Only one error is asigned for review by this Court, namely, that the trial court erred in denying the appellant the right to present as a witness for the defense the said James H. Shaw who was in a taxicab with the appellant at the time the two were arrested…