Reppin v. People

WALTER Reppin, a minor, referred to herein as the defendant, brings here for review a death sentence in a homicide case. The Honorable Arthur Cornforth presided at the trial.

On August 11, 1933, in the evening, the defendant armed himself with a .38 caliber gun and a .44 caliber gun, both loaded, and telephoned for a taxicab. When the taxicab, driven by Vincent Regan, arrived, the defendant entered, drew the guns on Regan and ordered him to drive where he was told. Near Evergreen cemetery he ordered Regan out of the taxicab and made him lie on the ground, face down. Hearing an automobile…