State v. Dale
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Charles Circuit Court. — Hon. Edgar B. Woolfolh, Judge. (1) Where officers of the law went to defendant and told him that all they wanted was to recover the stolen goods, and that if they could get them, it would end the matter, and defendant informed them where they were, and was convicted on this confession, the confession was involuntary, and the conviction would be set aside.
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Appeal from St. Charles Circuit Court. — Hon. Edgar B. Woolfolh, Judge. (1) Where officers of the law went to defendant and told him that all they wanted was to recover the stolen goods, and that if they could get them, it would end the matter, and defendant informed them where they were, and was convicted on this confession, the confession was involuntary, and the conviction would be set aside. State v. Hagan, 54 Mo. 192. (2) Confessions or disclosures made under any promise or encouragement of any hope or favor are inadmissible. Hector v. State, 2 Mo. 166, 22 Am. Dec. 454; State v. Hunter,…
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAMS, P. .L
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Defendant pleaded guilty in the Circuit Court of St. Charles County, to an information charging him with robbery in the first degree, in that defendant feloniously took seven dollars from the person of one Fr.ank J. Bull, by force and violence to his person. Thereupon the court sentenced defendant to five years’ imprisonment in the State Penitentiary.
At the time the plea of guilty was entered defendant was not represented by counsel, but afterwards and within four days defendant appeared by counsel and filed a motion for a new trial, setting up as a ground that he had entered…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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