Kennamer v. State

RICE, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of the offense of burglary in the second degree. Gen. Acts Ala. 1935 p. 159; Sec. 3481 (1), Michie and Sublett’s 1936 Cumulative Supplement to the Michie’s Alabama Code of 1928.

We think it is now definitely established that testimony as to an effort of one accused of crime to compromise or settle or adjust the charge against him, made after his arrest but before his trial, is inadmissible against him on his trial, unless such testimony is as to his “making a voluntary offer of settlement * * * which embodies an express admission of guilt.” At least that is…