State v. Thompson

MOLLOY, Chief Judge.

The important question in this case concerns the admissibility of a written confession elicited from and signed by appellant while he was recovering from a bout of intoxication, and after he had received, at his request, a quantity of liquor from an interrogating officer.

The appellant, Robert Morgan Thompson, and one Kunlcle were jointly charged with and tried for the crimes of burglary and grand theft in connection with the entry into and looting of Pearl’s Bar, an establishment located on the Miracle Mile in the City of Tucson. The evidence showed that the bar was…