State v. Chapman

JAMES K. PREWITT, Special Judge.

Appellant was convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. The only substantial evidence linking appellant to the murder was a tape recorded statement he gave the police. He repudiated the truth of it at a hearing on his motion to suppress and at trial, saying he admitted participating in the murder “[ujnder fear” because of threats made by the police. Appellant offered evidence that he was elsewhere when the victim was shot. He contends the trial court erred: (1) in allowing the jury to hear the statement because it was the result of an…