State v. Maluia

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

LEWIS, J.

On March 15, 1973, at approximately 6 p.m., defendant-appellant appeared at the receiving desk of the police station, and asked to see the captain. Declining at first to give a reason, he finally said he wanted to be arrested, that he had just shot his girl friend and her mother. After it was confirmed that a double homicide had occurred at the address given by defendant, he was placed under arrest.

Detective Mateo Chang, assigned to the case, took two statements from defendant that night, one an oral statement commencing at 8:40 p.m., and the other a…