State v. Brown

— Archie Brown, Aaron Johnson, and Willie Smith were jointly informed against for first-degree murder in one count and robbery in another. Defendants Brown and Johnson were convicted on both counts, and appeal.

At the beginning of the trial, and before the jury was impaneled, Willie Smith, being represented by counsel, changed his plea from not guilty to that of guilty on the first-degree murder count, and thereafter the robbery count was dismissed as to him.

The case which the state was prepared to offer, prior to the time Willie Smith changed his plea to the information and testified on…