State v. Adams

CROCKETT, Justice:

Michael Paul Adams appeals his conviction by a jury of manslaughter, as an included offense in a charge of second degree murder. 1

His principal claim of error relates to the admission of a self-incriminatory statement: (1) that the court did not conduct a full hearing on the issue of its voluntariness, (2) that the court did not instruct the jury on the credibility of the witness to whom the admission was made, and (3) that the prosecution failed to disclose to the defense that the statement would be used in the trial.

In the evening of June 21, 1976, defendant went to the…