State v. . Buchanan

The defendant was charged with the murder of his wife: The evidence was ample to sustain a verdict of murder in the first degree. Included in that evidence was a purported confession of the defendant, to the introduction of which objection was made. The exception cannot be sustained, since the evidence of the voluntariness of the confession is well within the standards heretofore approved by the Court.

One objection by the defendant, however, raises a question of such a serious nature as to merit further consideration.

The defendant was tried, convicted, and sentenced to death for this offense…