State v. Bragg

Caplan, Chief Justice:

This appeal results from a conviction of the defendant, Dale Eugene Bragg, on an indictment charging him with the premeditated murder of Rebecca Sue Bricker. The jury having recommended mercy, the defendant was sentenced to confinement in the state penitentiary for the rest of his natural life, “with a recommendation of mercy”. Upon the denial of the defendant’s motion for a new trial this appeal was prosecuted.

Although several errors are assigned as grounds for reversal, the principal assignment is the failure of the court to grant the defendant’s motion to suppress his…