State v. Myrick

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Fatzer, J.:

The sole question here presented is whether the written statement of the defendant was admissible in the state’s case in chief, where a portion of it referred to an unrelated prior conviction of larceny which could have been separated from the relevant parts of the statement.

Following his arrest for manslaughter in the first degree, the defendant made a statement to Assistant County Attorney Listrom detailing the events leading up to his assault upon the decedent. It was in question and answer form, several pages in length, and was taken…