Morris v. State

Carlisle, Judge.

1. The trial court charged the jury with respect to the weight and credit to be given to the defendant’s statement, as follows: “Gentlemen, the defendant has a right to make to the court and jury such statement in his own defense as he may think proper and you gentlemen are authorized to give it such weight and credit only as you may think it is entitled to receive. The defendant [is] not under oath and he is not subject to cross-examination. You may believe his statement in whole or in part, and you may believe it in preference to the sworn testimony in the case, and in each…