State v. Crouch

BROTHERTON, Justice:

Lanny Crouch, Jr. appeals from a jury verdict in the Circuit Court of Wyoming County, which found him guilty of first degree murder without a recommendation of mercy. The primary error alleged is that the appellants'written confession was erroneously admitted under the rule in Michigan v. Jackson, 475 U.S. 625, 106 S.Ct. 1404, 89 L.Ed.2d 631 (1986).

Kelly Wiles was shot and killed while standing in the door of his residence, which is located on Pinnacle Creek in Wyoming County, in the early morning hours of April 24, 1985. Around noon the same day, Greg Ervin and his father…