Lamar v. State

Where the solicitor general declines the offer of one indicted for murder to plead guilty on condition that the accused shall receive a recommendation of mercy and a life sentence, and thereupon the defendant agrees to a stipulation of facts, including every element necessary to prove the crime as charged, expressly stating his desire to go to the jury on the question of punishment only, and makes a confession containing a plenary admission of guilt, the only question he is entitled to have submitted to the jury is the one of punishment, including a proper definition of the crime charged.

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