People v. Stewart

Defendant was convicted by a jury of breaking and entering with intent to commit a larceny therein 1 and was sentenced to eight to ten years’ imprisonment.

Defendant was arrested on a charge unrelated to the present offense and placed in the Macomb County Jail. While confined therein, he was visited by two Clinton Township police officers who wished to interrogate defendant concerning several breakings and enterings which had occurred. After being advised of his constitutional rights, the defendant confessed to the crime with which he is charged herein. This oral confession was written down by…