Blair v. State

Jordan, Justice.

James Blair appeals his conviction and sentence to life imprisonment for the murder of Jerome Jones. Held:

1. Based on the assertion of an illegal arrest and the detention resulting therefrom, the defendant contends that the trial judge erred in admitting evidence, including statements from the defendant, and, more particularly, statements concerning the alleged weapon used, a knife.

It is undisputed that the homicide by stabbing occurred on January 1,1971; that on the same day within hours after the event, the defendant, who was at the scene of the incident when it occurred,…