State v. Pursley

550 S.W.2d 949 (1977)

STATE of Tennessee, Petitioner,

v.

Ronald W. PURSLEY, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

February 28, 1977.

Rehearing Denied April 11, 1977.

R.A. Ashley, Jr., Atty. Gen., John F. Southworth, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, J. William Pope, Dist. Atty. Gen., Pikeville, for petitioner.

Harold Brown, William Brown, Chattanooga, for respondent.

OPINION

HENRY, Justice.

This case presents the issue of whether the trial judge erred in failing to make a conclusive determination of the voluntariness and admissibility of a criminal defendant's confession, prior to its submission to…