State v. Darrow

In this action the defendant was charged with murder in the second degree under ¶ 3, § 9462, Comp. Laws 1913, perpetrated without any design to effect death by the defendant while engaged in the commission of a felony as defined by § 9604 of the Compiled Laws of 1913. There was a demurrer to the information which was overruled, the defendant was convicted, there was a motion in arrest of judgment and a motion for a new trial which was denied, and the defendant appeals.

The first error assigned is, that the presiding judge was out of the courtroom, out of control of the proceedings and out of…