State v. Jenerett

MOORE, Justice.

Defendant first assigns as error the denial of defendant’s motions for judgment of nonsuit made at the conclusion of the State’s evidence and at the conclusion of all the evidence. Defendant contends that a mere confession is not sufficient to warrant a conviction, and that it is incumbent on the State to show independent of his confession that a robbery or attempted robbery was actually committed, and that Samuel was killed in the perpetration of such robbery or attempted robbery in order to convict him of first degree murder. Defendant relies on Opper v. United States, 348…