Reagan v. People

Plaintiff in error, defendant below, was convicted of murder of the first degree. The jury fixed the penalty at imprisonment in the penitentiary, at hard labor, for life. Prom a sentence accordingly, the defendant has brought the case here for review on error.

In his opening statement, the district attorney detailed, in substance, the contents, of signed statements of the defendant purporting to be a confession *318of the part he took in the commission of the crime for which he was on trial. Counsel for defendant interposed an objection to these statements, which was overruled. Later these…