Batts v. State

The defendant contends that the procedure followed in Georgia for determining the voluntariness of a confession violates the due process clause of the 14th Amendment as well as the Georgia requirement that in criminal cases the jury shall be the judges of the law and the facts (Code Ann. § 2-201). He argues that to satisfy the Georgia requirement the jury must determine the voluntariness of the confession and that in order, for there to be the reliable determination on the issue of voluntariness required by Jackson v. Denno, 378 U. S. 368 (84 SC 1774, 12 LE2d 908) (1964), the jury must return…