Defendant, Benny Lee Spells, was convicted of first-degree murder, having been charged with murdering a certain Eftimias Vasilion in an attempt, with two codefendants, to perpetrate an armed robbery in July, 1962. An extrajudicial statement of codefendant Page inculpated Spells. The statement was read into the record without objection by the defense; Spells was not afforded an opportunity to cross-examine...
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