The People v. Baker

The defendant, Robert J. Baker, was indicted in the circuit court of Marion County on a charge of murder. He pleaded guilty, and was sentenced by the court, after a hearing in mitigation, to the penitentiary for the term of 99 years.

The defendant now brings a writ of error contending that the trial court erred in allowing his counsel to withdraw a sanity petition previously filed by former counsel; that his appointed counsel was incompetent; and that counsel at the time of trial failed to produce all available evidence., The facts as found in lengthy written confessions taken in Benton…