State v. Williams

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Hutchison, J.:

The error assigned in this case is in permitting the county attorney in his opening statement, over the objection of the defendant, to mention and refer to a confession of the defendant, which would be a part of the evidence of the state, and later introduce a part of such confession over the objection of the defend*376ant and in disregard of the urgent request of the defendant that the court first determine the admissibility of such alleged confession.

The defendant was charged in an information with the sale of morphine in violation of the…