Tucker v. State

Edward P. Jones, Special Justice.

William Goodwin Tucker (also known as Billy) age sixteen was convicted of killing his mother and sentenced to ten (10) years imprisonment for second degree murder. His appeal contends that a confession and subsequent admission made by him were not voluntarily obtained.

The evidence indicates that a few minutes after 12:00 a.m. on April 3, 1975, Billy Tucker walked approximately three blocks from a friend’s home in Judsonia, Arkansas to the home of Billy Tucker and bis mother. A short time later he returned to his friend’s home and told the people there that his…