Porter v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
1Opinion of the Court
Smith, Judge.
The appellants — Richard Porter and James Mack in case no. 54113, Allen Smith in case no. 54114 — were jointly tried for burglary. Smith and Porter were found guilty; Mack was found guilty of theft by taking. The convictions were based largely on confessions from Porter and Mack. The substantial enumerations of error in these appeals deal with the voluntariness of the confessions and their admissibility against co-defendants. We find that a full and fair hearing on voluntariness was not conducted, that Porter’s confession was inadmissible, and that neither confession was properly…
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