Wright v. State

BOWEN W. SIMMONS, Supernumerary Circuit Judge.

Appellant-defendant, an indigent here, appeals from a judgment of conviction for robbery. Sentence imposed was thirty-five years imprisonment in the penitentiary.

We will consider seriatim appellant’s three assertions of error, which he contends justify reversal of the judgment and remand of the cause.

I

Appellant’s first assertion is that he was put into the position of making a decision in open court as to whether the jury would be allowed to separate without assurance that his decision, whatever it might be, would not reach the jury.

In support of…