Jones v. State

Defendant, Betty Jones, appeals an order denying her motion to suppress.

On June 12, 1974 defendant appeared in county court and after giving her responses to several questions asked by the trial judge, was ordered to 10 days detention in the county jail. While in the holding cell of the county jail, Ms. Jones called one of the matrons and informed the matron that she (Betty Jones) had a gun in her purse and thereupon turned it over. Ultimately, defendant was released from detention because she had been illegally incarcerated. *106Subsequent to her release, defendant was charged by information…