Walker v. State

I agree wholeheartedly with the majority’s treatment of the procedural question relating to determining the voluntariness of an accused’s statement, but I would affirm this conviction. The statement of the judge is so nearly correct, that I have reservations about its being properly classified as a comment on the evidence. The circuit judge clearly recognized that the jury must determine whether the statement admitted in evidence was actually made by the defendant and its “truthfulness.” In my view, this properly left for jury determination three questions, namely: (1) whether Walker made the…