State v. Wallace

Four issues are presented on this appeal:

1. Did defendant’s statement flow from an invalid arrest made without warrant or probable cause and, if so, was it error for the trial court to admit it into evidence regardless of whether or not it was voluntarily made;

2. Was the period of defendant’s detention prior to his being taken to a magistrate unreasonable;

3. Under all of the circumstances of this case, was the statement admitted into evidence freely and voluntarily given; and

4. Was it prejudicial error for the trial court to have permitted the jury to view the pictures of the victim’s body?

Con…