Sherman E. Billie, Sr. v. State of Mississippi

CARLTON, J.,

FOR THE COURT:

¶1. Sherman Billie was convicted of sexual battery and sentenced to serve a term of fifteen years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections, with credit for jail time served. Billie now appeals his conviction and sentence, arguing that the trial court erréd in finding that his written confession was made voluntarily, intelligently, and knowingly. Billie further asserts that his written confession was inadmissible as fruit of -the poisonous tree due to the alleged inadmissibility of his prior oral confession. Finding no error in the trial court’s 1…