People v. Hayes

—Defendant was convicted after trial by jury of manslaughter. This appeal is from the judgment and order denying defendant’s motion for a new trial.

The essential facts are these:

During the course of the trial the court permitted a sound motion picture of defendant making a confession to certain police officers to be reproduced before the jury and received as evidence.

Defendant relies for reversal of the judgment on the sole proposition that it was prejudicially erroneous for the trial court to receive as evidence a sound motion picture of defendant malting a confession to police officers.

This…