Porter v. State

BASKIN, Judge.

Appellant Wallace Porter was tried and convicted of first degree murder and kidnapping. His appeal led to our ruling1 that the trial court erred in admitting certain statements Porter made to police. We also held that the trial court failed to determine that other statements had been made voluntarily. Accordingly, we reversed Porter’s convictions, remanded the cause for a determination as to whether those statements had been given voluntarily and we ordered a new trial. Upon remand the trial court decided that Porter’s statements had been made freely and voluntarily. Porter was…