The PEOPLE v. Moorelander

Defendant was found guilty by a jury of murder and was sentenced to the penitentiary for life. His sole contention on this writ of error is that the trial court erred in refusing an instruction tendered by him relating to his failure to testify.

The only evidence at the trial was that submitted by the People, and there is no question as to the sufficiency of that evidence to sustain the verdict. The defendant neither took the stand nor offered airy other evidence in his own behalf. Defendant’s instruction No. 12, which was refused by the court, read as follows:

“The court instructs the jury…