State v. Mistretta

ODOM, Justice.

In a bill of information filed by the district attorney, Joseph Ciro and Dominick Mistretta were jointly charged with the crime of robbery. They were tried together, both convicted, and sentenced to hard labor. Dominick Mistretta appealed.

There are only two bills of exception found in the record. Bill No. 1 was reserved to the ruling of the court permitting the State to introduce the confession of Mistretta. The objection to the introduction of the confession was that it was not freely and voluntarily made. Bill of Exception No. 2 was reserved to the refusal of the trial judge…