People v. Stroble

Found guilty of first-degree murder 1 by a jury, defendant appeals, seeking reversal of his conviction.

This case arises from the shooting and killing of James Raffoul, a jewelry store clerk, in Detroit on December 24, 1965, during the course of an armed robbery. During this hold-up the jewelry store owner, Joseph Cooper, was also shot and subsequently died some months later.

Defendant was apprehended in New York City in connection with an unrelated offense and confessed the Detroit murder of Baffoul to a New York police detective, who testified he had not previously heard of the Detroit crime…