State v. Joiner

CLEMENS, Presiding Judge.

Defendant Bobby Ray Joiner was convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. Defendant’s only points on appeal challenge the trial court’s rulings admitting into evidence his oral and tape-recorded statements. This challenged evidence came in over defense objections that the statements followed an illegal arrest, and also were coerced by threats of violence and denial of counsel. These in turn.

Defendant’s first challenge points to the admission of his incriminating statements on the ground he was illegally arrested in Florida. The state concedes…