Roy v. State

OPINION

GRANT, Justice.

This is an appeal by John Dean Roy of a conviction for capital murder. He was tried by a jury and found guilty. He received the alternative to the death sentence, life with no eligibility for parole for thirty-five years.

Roy contends: (1) that the trial court erred in refusing to suppress Roy’s statements that were induced by custodial coercion; (2) that the trial court erred in refusing to suppress Roy’s statements that were induced by an illegal arrest; (3) that the trial court committed reversible error in failing to make timely findings of fact on the voluntariness…