Braswell v. State

In passing upon the alleged error complained of in the special ground it is necessary that this court consider the evidence in order to determine whether or not the defendant made a statement which amounted to a confession, and which was such as authorized the trial judge—when instructing the .jury on the cardinal principles of law necessary-to be applied and considered by them in determining under the facts of this case whether the defendant was guilty as charged—to charge the law as to confessions.

At the most, the statement made by the defendant, some 45 or more minutes after the wreck in…