Ex Parte Favors

We granted certiorari to review one of the issues in this case, the issue of voice identification. The full facts are amply set forth in Favors v. State, 437 So.2d 1358 (Ala.Cr.App. 1983). The following, however, is a synopsis of the facts as they pertain to this specific issue.

Diana Houston, city clerk to the town of Hobson City, received a telephone call from a man on October 2, 1981, two days after the victim had been reported missing, identifying himself as "Robert Miller." The substance of the call was that he had been hunting in the area of the local rock quarry and had discovered a…