Legal Opinion
Hewell v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided October 15, 1975No. 51207PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Evans, Judge.
Defendant was indicted, tried, convicted and sentenced for the crime of burglary. Defendant appeals. Held:
1. A Jackson v. Denno (378 U. S. 368 (84 SC 1774, 12 LE2d 908)) hearing was held with reference to the voluntariness of a statement made by the defendant to the police. The court found that the statement was voluntarily and freely made by the defendant, and then allowed testimony to go to the jury.
Thereupon defense counsel requested that the defendant be allowed to take the stand on the limited issue of the voluntariness of his statement without being cross examined beyond…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Jackson v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Whatley v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1973
- Gaither v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1971
- Williams v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1973
3Cited by7 opinions
- State v. AndersonCourt of Appeals of Oregon · 1979
- State v. LovettSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1977
- Hewell v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1977
- Gibson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1981
- Hewell v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1976
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