Johnson v. State

Frank Holt, Justice.

Appellant was sentenced in 1965 to life imprisonment for the crime of rape. Pursuant to our Criminal Procedure Rule No. 1 appellant, through court appointed counsel, has now petitioned the trial court to vacate his life sentence. In written findings of fact and conclusions of law the court denied the petition.

Appellant contends that his incriminating oral admissions were involuntary and, therefore, were inadmissible in evidence. Appellant testified that his admissions were coerced by physical abuse from some of the arresting officers who told him that he must confess,…