State v. Manus

OPINION

LEWIS, Judge.

This is an appeal by defendant Johnny Manus, a juvenile, from a jury verdict finding him to be a “delinquent child.”

Defendant presents four issues for our determination. They are: (1) whether his confession was properly admitted at trial, (2) whether the verdict of the jury is a nullity for failure to comply with T.C.A. § 37-202 et seq., (3) whether the Trial Judge erred in charging the jury on the various degrees of homicide, and (4) whether the recitations in the Court’s final order require a reversal.

The pertinent facts in regard to defendant’s first issue, i.e.,…