Johnson v. State

George Rose Smith, Justice.

This is the second appeal in a postconviction proceeding filed under our Criminal Procedure Rule 1. On the first appeal we remanded the case to the circuit court for a more specific and definite finding with respect to the voluntary nature of the petitioner’s confession. Johnson v. State, 248 Ark. 184, 450 S. W. 2d 564. Upon remand the court held a second hearing, at which additional testimony was taken. Upon the evidence introduced at both hearings the court found that the petitioner’s confession was voluntarily given at his own request and was not induced by or…