Cox v. Commonwealth

GARDNER, Commissioner.

Charlie Cox was convicted of the murder of Claude Bryant and sentenced to life imprisonment. Cox’s main grounds for reversal are that his alleged confession was erroneously admitted as evidence and the court failed to give a necessary instruction. We affirm.

Rupert Burdine, a neighbor of the deceased, went to Bryant’s home to seek assistance in finding out who had broken into his (Burdine’s) trailer. He reached Bryant’s house between 1:30 and 2 o’clock in the morning. Burdine discovered Bryant lying outside his house with a cut throat and a bruised head. Bryant was barely…