Howe v. State

Weltner, Justice.

Tony L. Howe, a minor, shot and killed Millie Brown with a handgun. He was convicted of malice murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. He enumerates as error the admission into evidence of an incriminating statement made by him while in police custody, and the decision of the trial court not to give a jury charge on voluntary manslaughter.

1. We have treated comprehensively the first issue in Riley v. State, 237 Ga. 124, 127-8 (226 SE2d 922) (1976), and Crawford v. State, 240 Ga. 321 (1) (240 SE2d 824) (1977).

“Unlike a plea of guilty, a confession is not conclusive in a…