State v. Scott

DONNELLY, Judge.

Appellant, Jesse Scott, was convicted of murder in the first degree by a jury in the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis, Missouri, in connection with the death, on March 31, 1969, of one Charles Thomas at 4416 Red Bud in St. Louis.

The question on this appeal is whether appellant was entitled, upon request prior to and during trial, to inspect th.e substance of an oral statement concerning “this particular homicide” made by appellant to Detective Herbert Riley on November 18, 1969.

The following transpired during direct examination of Detective Herbert Riley before the jury:

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