State v. Pursley

OPINION

HENRY, Justice.

This case presents the issue of whether the trial judge erred in failing to make a conclusive determination of the voluntariness and admissibility of a criminal defendant’s confession, prior to its submission to the jury. The Court of Criminal Appeals unanimously concluded that the procedure employed by the trial judge in determining the admissibility to the defendant’s confession was improper. We affirm.

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Defendant’s conviction for first degree murder was based, in substantial part, upon *950his confession. Prior to the trial of this case, the defendant moved to suppress his…