Boyd v. State

Steele Hays, Justice.

Appellant Stanley Frank Boyd appeals from his conviction and forty year sentence for the rape of an eight-year-old girl. Three points of error are argued: a motion to suppress his statement to the police should have been sustained, a juror should have been excused for cause, and a mistrial should have been ordered because of the prosecutor’s closing argument. Finding no error, we affirm the judgment of conviction.

Motion To Suppress

Lt. J. R. Ashlock of the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office testified concerning a complaint for sexual molestation. He interviewed the alleged…