State v. Watson

Webb, Judge.

Preliminary to trial under an indictment for murder and armed robbery, Roosevelt Watson filed a "motion to suppress defendant’s statements” and prayed for a Jackson v. Denno 1 hearing to determine the voluntariness, and admissibility into evidence, of "oral admissions, a written statement and/or tape recordings of a statement made ... to law enforcement officers while in custody.” A hearing thereon beginning August 1, 1977 was held by Judge Walter I. Geer of the Pataula Judicial Circuit, but no ruling on that issue was ever made by him. Trial was set for Monday, August 29 before…