Jones v. State

TOM Glaze, Justice.

Beau Jones appeals from his conviction for capital murder and his life sentence, and argues solely that the trial court erred in denying his motion to suppress his two confessions. We find no error, and therefore affirm.

Jones does not challenge the sufficiency of the evidence, so we need only provide a short summary of the facts relevant to addressing Jones’s suppression issue. Sometime on December 4, 1998, Melissa Ma disappeared. Her roommate, Amanda Stacks, notified the police on December 5 that Melissa had borrowed her car on the morning of December 4, but had not…