Key legal question
Whether refusing to re-hear witnesses violated the right to be heard and Art. 343(3) CPP
Extracted holding
No. The appellant did not show that the direct hearing of the requested witnesses was necessary for the judgment.
Extracted reasoning
Only essential and decisive evidence whose probative force depends on the judge’s direct impression must be repeated; the appellant’s assertions were too general and did not identify why any specific witness had to be re-examined.