Opinion ID: 1128674
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: the defendant's statement and testimony

Text: The defendant was arrested about a week later, and made a written statement which was admitted in evidence. It is not claimed here that there was any error in the admission of the statement. The statement contained the following: That the defendant drove the group to Cheesman Park; that they went to the arsenal to look for Mike and found him there; that Mike said that he had shot someone; that, after he took the others home, he and Mike returned to the arsenal and they moved somebody from the car and placed it in the car's trunk; and that he saw some blood. The defendant's testimony did not differ materially from his written statement, except as to one matter. He testified that whatever was moved from the car into the trunk was wrapped in burlap. He inferred that he did not know that it was a body, saying, I couldn't say if there was somesomething more than potatoes or anything in that burlap sack or not.