Clay v. State

Thompson, Justice.

This is an interim appellate review of a case in which the State seeks the death penalty. John David Clay has been indicted for malice murder and false imprisonment in connection with the death of Janice Swain in the early morning hours of March 4, 2007. This Court granted Clay’s application for interim review and directed the parties to address whether the trial court erred in its order granting in part and denying in part Clay’s motion to exclude his statements to law enforcement officers, in granting Clay’s motion to suppress his clothing, in ruling that the evidence of…