Tillman v. United States

QUINN, Associate Judge.

The sole question on this appeal is whether appellant, hereinafter called defendant, is entitled to a reversal because of the refusal of the trial judge to grant a motion for a new trial. Defendant was convicted on a charge of assault. After conviction, he filed a motion for a new trial alleging several errors, but the only one urged on this appeal is that he was tried without his witness being called to testify. In the record before us is what defendant terms an affidavit of this witness. The “affidavit” was not sworn to but was merely signed by one Lillie Mae Howard,…