People v. Padgett

Defendant appeals from a conviction by jury of the crime of murder of the first degree perpetrated in the commission of a felony, and from a sentence of life-imprisonment. We find two errors relied upon for reversal that require consideration.

On March. 21, 1935, a police officer of the city of Ann Arbor was shot and killed during the perpetration- of a felony (robbery) in a retail store in that city. The two owners of the store, Mr. Wetherbee and Mr. Oonlin, and a single customer, a Mr. Akers, were in the store about 3 o’clock in the afternoon, when two men entered, and one of them asked to…