State v. Vincent

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

ABE, J.

Defendants-appellants were jointly indicted and tried for murder in the first degree of one Jack Edwin Wads-worth.

John Nunuha, Jr., the key witness had attended a deaf and blind school up to the eighth grade because of his hearing difficulties and wears a hearing aid. It seems that because of his hearing defect, he also experienced a speech deficiency.

When Nunuha began testifying as to the occurrences of the evening of July 24 and early morning of July 25, 1965, counsel for appellants moved that the trial judge advise Nunuha as to his constitutional right against…