Denson v. State

Almand, Justice.

Headnotes 1-3, 6 and 7 require no elaboration.

There was no eyewitness to the killing. The conviction of the defendant depends entirely upon his confessions and the facts and circumstances corroborating them. The evidence shows a brutal and wanton slaying. The confessions which were admitted in evidence contain a full and complete admission of guilt on the part of the defendant, and the facts and circumstances fully corroborate these confessions. Whether the verdict of the jury finding the defendant guilty of the crime be upheld, depends solely upon the question of whether or…