Bass v. State

Bell, Presiding Judge.

1. The appellant in seeking a reversal of her conviction for voluntary manslaughter raises the question whether the sweeping innovations announced by the Supreme Court in Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U. S. 436 (86 SC 1602, 16 LE2d 694), are applicable to her case. The trial of appellant began on June 13, 1966. In Johnson v. New Jersey, 384 U. S. 719, 734 (86 SC 1772, 16 LE2d 882) the *462Supreme Court held that the “guidelines” in the Miranda case are available “only to persons whose trials had not begun as of June 13, 1966.” In refusing to decree a retroactive application of the…