Harris v. State

1. Upon the trial of two defendants, jointly indicted, the court charged as follows: “The defendants, each of them; have made a statement in your hearing. You have the right to look to them and accept them as the truth of .the case, or you may reject the statements and look to the sworn testimony; or you' may accept them in whole or in part, or reject them in whole or in part. Give the statements just such force and effect as in your opinion the statements are entitled, to.” Held, that the charge is in substantial accord with the provisions of *742section 1036 of tlie Penal Code of 1910, and is…