Norris v. State

“The testimony of a witness, since deceased, or disqualified, or inaccessible for any cause, given under oath on a former trial, upon substantially the same issue and between substantially the same parties, may be proved by anjnne who heard it, and who professes to remember the substance of the entire testimony as to the particular matter about which he testifies.” Code, § 38-314.(a) “A witness beyond the limits of the State is inaccessible.” Robinson v. State, 128 Ga. 254, 256 (57 S. E. 315); Brown v. McBride, 129 Ga. 92, 95 (58 S. E. 702).(b) “The sufficiency of the search [for the witness]…