Williams v. State

Almand, Justice.

The Court of Appeals has certified to the Supreme Court the following questions:

“1. Where a defendant in a criminal case is not sworn as a witness and elects to make an unsworn statement, is it within the power of the court to deny to his counsel the right or privilege of interrogating the defendant during the course of making the statement, assuming that the proposed interrogation would consist of relevant and proper questions if permitted?

“If the answer to the above question is in the negative we desire an answer to the following additional question:

“2. Would the answer be…