White v. State

Jordan, Justice.

Appellant, William Paul White, appeals his conviction for murder and sentence of life imprisonment, alleging that his in-custody statement was not voluntarily made, that the evidence was insufficient to support the verdict, and other errors.

1. After a Jackson-Denno hearing the trial court ruled that appellant’s statement was voluntarily made, and this determination by the trial court will be accepted unless it is shown to be clearly erroneous. Pierce v. State, 235 Ga. 237 (219 SE2d 158) (1975). Before an in-custody statement may be introduced as evidence the state is required…