Wilson v. State

(After stating the foregoing facts.) Section 38-415 of the Code gives to the defendant the right to make to the court and jury such statement in the case as he may deem proper in his defense. This right, however, is not entirely unlimited. While the court may so far restrain the prisoner’s statement as to prevent his occupying the time of the court and jury with long, rambling, and irrelevant matter, yet as to all matters connected with the case the prisoner may make such statement as he may think proper, and he should not be restricted to stating su'ch facts as would be admissible in…