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MATTHEWS v. STATE

No. 29,575.

239 Ind. 252 (1959)

156 N.E.2d 387

MATTHEWS v. STATE OF INDIANA.

Supreme Court of Indiana.

Filed March 4, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John H. Daily and Daily & Daily, of Indianapolis, for appellant.

Edwin K. Steers, Attorney General and Owen S. Boling, Deputy Attorney General, for appellee.

LANDIS, C.J.

Appellant was convicted of burglary in the second degree and sentenced for a period of two to five years.

He contends on this appeal that the court erred in admitting into evidence over his objections the oral and written confessions he gave to police officers during his confinement. The evidence was objected to for the reason that the statements were not voluntary but made under coercion under circumstances...

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