State v. Blevins

Upon a jury’s verdict, Larry Dean Blevins was convicted of second degree murder and found to be a persistent violator of the law. On appeal he contends that incriminating statements made to the police while he was in custody should have been suppressed. He also asserts that he was denied a fair trial because an alleged accomplice testified against him under a grant of immunity from prosecution. We affirm the judgment of conviction, with a modification concerning the persistent violator status, as explained below.

The body of an apparent homicide victim was found partially decomposed in the…