Robinson v. State

The appellant was jointly indicted with Wayne J. Lanham, but tried separately and convicted of the crime of burglary. From a sentence of five years in the penitentiary, he appeals and assigns as error the introduction of a confession to a policeman, claiming said confession was involuntarily given, and also assigns as error the introduction of evidence by said policeman showing that his co-indictee was in the custody of the federal authorities.

While in the custody of the officers at the jail in Clarksdale, a policeman of the city was interrogating appellant about the alleged crime of which…