State v. Cloud

McCALEB, Justice.

Appellant and two others were charged under R.S. 14:64 with armed robbery. The former was tried separately, found guilty by the jury and sentenced to serve fifteen years at hard labor in the State Penitentiary. During the course of the trial he reserved three Bills of Exceptions upon which he relies on this appeal for a reversal of his conviction.

Bill No. 1 was taken to the overruling of an objection to the admission in evidence of an inculpatory statement made by appellant to two deputy sheriffs about twenty days after the commission of the 'offense. The statement, in…