Cruce v. State

Substantial rights of citizens should not be whittled away. The tendency even of such process should be guarded against. The priceless privilege of an orderly trial in accordance with law should not be impaired by resorting to inferences of implications that mandatory, statutory provisions have been complied with when the record indicates the reverse. Considerations such as these have led to a reversal of this case. I fully agree to the imperative necessity for the faithful observance of these vital principlés if the integrity of our judicial system is to endure, but it seems to me that the…