Jones v. State

Banke, Presiding Judge.

The appellant was convicted of rape and aggravated sodomy. He brings this appeal from the denial of his motion for new trial. Held:

1. The appellant’s initial enumeration of error concerns the admissibility of certain evidence offered by the state during a Jackson v. Denno hearing which was being conducted to determine the admissibility of a document purporting to be his written confession. The appellant contended during the hearing that he had merely signed a blank sheet of paper which had been filled in later. To rebut this testimony, the state introduced a guilty plea…