Stafford v. People

On May 4, 1961, a jury found the defendant guilty of murder in the first degree and he was sentenced to life imprisonment. He is here by writ of error seeking reversal and discharge.

There is no conflict in the testimony or evidence, the material and essential portions thereof consisting of verbal statements made by the defendant in conversations with law enforcement officers and in three written statements signed by the defendant which were admitted in evidence without objection.

The defendant, his wife Blanche, each about thirty years of age, and their four children had resided in Adams…