Court Opinion

ID: 9809928
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-31 21:33:53.698077+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:39:12.079139
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Rodman, J.,
dissentiente. I dissent from the opinion of the majority of the Court in this case. I agree that the Judge below was right in admitting the evidence of the confession. But as I understand the words which he added to the prayer for instructions made by the counsel for the accused, their effect was to impair the unqualified power of the jury to pass ■on the weight of the confession as a part of the evidence. Probably the Judge did not so intend, but it seems to me that such is the natural meaning of his words. If this be so, it is clear that the Judge went too far.
Dice, J. I concur with Justice Rodman.
Per Curiam. Judgment affirmed.