State v. Baker
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Buchanan, J., Newberry, Indictment against DeVillius B. Baker. From verdict and sentence, defendant appeals. cites: Defendant not having been zvarned, confession was inadmissible: State v. Branham, 13 S. C., 58, 765; 36 S. C., 524. Sentence improper: Con., sec. 11, p. 21; sec. 19, p. 8.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Pope.
The defendant was tried and convicted of the crime of grand larceny in February, 1900, and after sentence appealed to this Court. His grounds of appeal are four in number: “I. Because the presiding Judge erred in allowing the paper marked as an exhibit, and purporting to be a confession made by the defendant, Baker, at the preliminary held in this case, introduced and used as evidence in this case. II. Because the presiding Judge erred in allowing the solicitor to read the letter and said statement, or so-called confession, to the jury…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- State v. . JohnsonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1872
- Smith v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1874
3Cited by20 opinions
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- People v. BaumMichigan Supreme Court · 1930
- State v. MillerSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1947
- Rutherford v. BlankenshipDistrict Court, W.D. Virginia · 1979
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