Owens v. State

HAWKINS, Justice,

for the Court:

Walter Owens, III, appeals from a conviction of murder in the Circuit Court of the First Judicial District of Hinds County. We reverse and remand the case.

The main issue on appeal is whether reversible error was committed by the State in calling the wife of the appellant as a witness. He contends that the State’s action forced him to object to her testimony in the presence of the jury. He further argues that the error was compounded during his cross-examination when the State asked him about his wife’s presence during the fatal difficulty, without eliciting any…