Key legal question
Whether the appellate court violated fair trial and due process by refusing to hear witness A.
Extracted holding
No violation was shown; the refusal was based on anticipatory evaluation of evidence and was not demonstrated to be arbitrary.
Extracted reasoning
The court may close evidence when pending evidence is unsuitable, irrelevant, or unable to alter an already formed conviction. The appellant did not show that the appellate court's detailed reasons for rejecting the witness were manifestly untenable.