White v. State

Fletcher, Presiding Justice.

Willie B. White was convicted of the rape and felony murder of Annie Laura Shaw. He appeals, contending that his statements should have been excluded because they were not made voluntarily. Because the record supports the trial court’s finding that the statements were voluntary, we affirm.

1. The evidence at trial showed that Shaw had been raped and manually strangled outside her home; that when questioned days after the crime, White provided an alibi; that six years after the crime, White led police to Shaw’s house and accurately described parts of the murder…