{ "id": 1653003, "name": "Smith v. State", "name_abbreviation": "Smith v. State", "decision_date": "1953-11-09", "docket_number": "4757", "first_page": "585", "last_page": "587", "citations": [ { "type": "official", "cite": "222 Ark. 585" }, { "type": "parallel", "cite": "261 S.W.2d 788" } ], "court": { "name_abbreviation": "Ark.", "id": 8808, "name": "Arkansas Supreme Court" }, "jurisdiction": { "id": 34, "name_long": "Arkansas", "name": "Ark." }, "cites_to": [ { "cite": "36 S. E. 2d 708", "category": "reporters:state_regional", "reporter": "S.E.2d", "opinion_index": 0 }, { "cite": "226 N. C. 82", "category": "reporters:state", "reporter": "N.C.", "case_ids": [ 8613031 ], "opinion_index": 0, "case_paths": [ "/nc/226/0082-01" ] }, { "cite": "254 S. W. 341", "category": "reporters:state_regional", "reporter": "S.W.", "opinion_index": 0 }, { "cite": "160 Ark. 125", "category": "reporters:state", "reporter": "Ark.", "case_ids": [ 8719697 ], "opinion_index": 0, "case_paths": [ "/ark/160/0125-01" ] }, { "cite": "209 Ark. 37", "category": "reporters:state", "reporter": "Ark.", "case_ids": [ 1475801 ], "weight": 2, "opinion_index": 0, "case_paths": [ "/ark/209/0037-01" ] }, { "cite": "183 S. W. 978", "category": "reporters:state_regional", "reporter": "S.W.", "opinion_index": 0 }, { "cite": "122 Ark. 462", "category": "reporters:state", "reporter": "Ark.", "case_ids": [ 1558185 ], "opinion_index": 0, "case_paths": [ "/ark/122/0462-01" ] } ], "analysis": { "cardinality": 284, "char_count": 3657, "ocr_confidence": 0.47, "pagerank": { "raw": 7.972732725130931e-08, "percentile": 0.46326697039093784 }, "sha256": "d10443994b2113664fec3bf12a96052cc960ac5fa787e596601959016ce26a72", "simhash": "1:582bf4003027bedb", "word_count": 621 }, "last_updated": "2023-07-14T18:48:42.003901+00:00", "provenance": { "date_added": "2019-08-29", "source": "Harvard", "batch": "2018" }, "casebody": { "judges": [], "parties": [ "Smith v. State." ], "opinions": [ { "text": "George Rose Smith, J.\nAn information was filed charging Luther Smith (the appellant), Cecil Smith, and Wanda Dodson with the crime of robbery. Luther Smith, tried separately, was convicted and sentenced to serve three years in the penitentiary. His appeal presents questions with reference to the admissibility of evidence.\nThe State\u2019s proof showed that on the night of October 24, 1952, the two Smiths, Wanda Dodson, and Laura Pilgreen lured the prosecuting witness, E. J. Rogers, into a car and took him to a lonely place, where he was beaten and robbed of $319. Rogers did not appear as a witness at the trial, and objections are made to the State\u2019s introduction of the testimony given by Rogers at a preliminary hearing.\nIt is first contended that the State failed to prove affirmatively that a sufficient search had been made for the missing witness. On this point a deputy sheriff testified that he had recently received a subpoena for Rogers, that he had made a diligent search, and that he had been unable to find Rogers. The deputy sheriff was not cross-examined by defense counsel, who now contend that the reference to a diligent search was a mere conclusion which should have been supported by a narrative of the actual search that was made. Substantially similar testimony, except that the officer added that he had been informed that the person sought had left the State, was held a sufficient foundation in Holland v. State, 122 Ark. 462, 183 S. W. 978, and Rodgers v. State, 209 Ark. 37, 189 S. W. 2d 608. Furthermore, in the case at bar defense counsel, in the course of objecting to the use of Rogers\u2019 former testimony, stated that they could prove that Rogers was an embezzler \u201cand is now a fugitive from justice.\u201d With such evidence available to the accused he cannot complain that the State\u2019s proof was not as detailed as it might have been.\nIt is also contended that Luther Smith was not represented by counsel at the preliminary hearing and was not legally called upon to cross-examine Rogers, since Smith had asked that the hearing be waived. The trial court was warranted in finding from the testimony of the reporter who took down Rogers\u2019 former evidence that Luther Smith was present, was represented by a lawyer, and that his attorney in fact exercised his right of cross-examination. We need not explore the question of when a defendant is \u201clegally called upon\u201d to cross-examine an adverse witness. That phrase appears in a quotation approved in Scott v. State, 160 Ark. 125, 254 S. W. 341, but the issue is immaterial here, as the appellant actually availed himself of the privilege of cross-examination.\nComplaint is also made that the court permitted Laura Pilgreen, an accomplice who appeared as a witness for the State, to testify on redirect examination that a day or two after the robbery she had reported the facts to a sheriff in Missouri. The court\u2019s ruling was correct. During the cross-examination of Laura Pilgreen the defense had very effectively insinuated that she was giving false testimony in return for a promise of immunity from prosecution. The witness having been impeached by the defense, it was proper for the prosecution to attempt to restore her credibility by a fact tending to rebut the impeachment; that is, that she had reported the robbery before having discussed the case with the prosecuting attorney. Wigmore on Evidence, \u00a7 1128; State v. Bennett, 226 N. C. 82, 36 S. E. 2d 708.\nAffirmed.", "type": "majority", "author": "George Rose Smith, J." } ], "attorneys": [ "Shaver, Tackett \u00ab& Jones, for appellant.", "Tom Gentry, Attorney General, and Thorp Thomas, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee." ], "corrections": "", "head_matter": "Smith v. State.\n4757\n261 S. W. 2d 788\nOpinion delivered November 9, 1953.\nShaver, Tackett \u00ab& Jones, for appellant.\nTom Gentry, Attorney General, and Thorp Thomas, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee." }, "file_name": "0585-01", "first_page_order": 609, "last_page_order": 611 }