Jones v. State

The appellants Edward Earl Jones and Eddie Lee Daniels were indicted for rape, tried together before a jury, and convicted and adjudged guilty of attempted rape. Each appealed.

In appeal No. 68-252, Jones contends the trial court erred in denying his motion to suppress a statement given by him to the police following his arrest, urging as a ground for its incompetency that his waiver of the right to have counsel present at the time of his interrogation was not a “knowledgeable and intelligent waiver”. The record refutes that contention of the appellant Jones. The officers meticulously warned…