Ingle v. State

The defendant was indicted and convicted for buying, receiving or concealing stolen property. Sentence was three years' imprisonment.

I

The defendant contends that the trial judge abused his discretion in allowing into evidence the transcribed testimony of Mrs. Irene LaSollee. The only objection raised to the admission of her testimony is that the State did not exercise due diligence in attempting to make the witness available. InBarber v. Page, 390 U.S. 719, 88 S.Ct. 1318, 20 L.Ed.2d 255 (1968), it was held that "a witness is not `available' for purposes of the foregoing exception to the…