State v. Sullivan

The defendant was convicted of the crime of robbery and sentenced to serve an indeterminate term in the state prison. He appeals. He seeks a reversal of the judgment rendered against him because of alleged errors (1) in the admission of evidence over his objections; (2) in the rejection of evidence; (3) in the instructions given the jury; and (4) in refusing to give defendant’s requested instructions to the jury.

About midnight of October 15, 1927, the defendant, Jack Boyd, H. Kelley, and J. R. Neil went to a room in the New-house Hotel in Salt Lake City, Utah. Neil testified that soon after…