Biddle v. Commonwealth

Defendant, Shirley Mae Biddle, having waived a jury trial, was tried by the court on an indictment charging her with the murder of her three-month-old baby girl and found guilty of murder in the first degree. After receiving a report from the probation officer, the trial court fixed her punishment and sentenced her to the State penitentiary for a period of twenty years. We granted her a writ of error.

Defendant contends that the trial court erred (1) in admitting into evidence her second statement to the police; and (2) in holding that the evidence was sufficient to sustain a conviction of…