People v. Carter

Plaintiff in error and his codefendant, one William Wilson, Jr., in March, 1956, were convicted by a jury of the crime of robbery with a dangerous weapon and for being habitual criminals. Plaintiff in error was sentenced to life imprisonment. This writ of error seeks reversal on several grounds.

The first ground for reversal is based upon the admission into evidence of certain articles identified as having been taken from the victims, which were obtained by the authorities from Wilson’s car. The search of Wilson’s car was made at the time of his arrest, and with his consent. Plaintiff in error…