Kostal v. People

We refer to plaintiffs in error as defendants, or by name. An information was filed in the trial court in which defendants were accused of the crime of first degree murder following the killing of one Raymond Earl Isley during a robbery committed in Jefferson county December 9, 1956. They were convicted and sentenced to death. They seek reversal of the judgment by writ of error.

Watson was arrested by federal officers in Detroit, Michigan, December 26, 1956. January 2, 1957, Kostal was arrested in Kansas City, Missouri, by federal officers and city police. At the time of their arrests…