Groomes v. State

FERGUSON, Judge.

After trial by jury the appellant Groomes was found guilty of first degree murder, burglary and robbery. He was sentenced to life imprisonment for first-degree murder and placed on a consecutive life term of probation for the burglary. For the robbery conviction, sentence was suspended. From the convictions and sentences appellant brings this appeal raising four issues: (1) for the capital offense of murder defendant should have been tried by a twelve-man jury; (2) the confession was inadmissible because the defendant, a juvenile at the time of his arrest, was interrogated at…