State v. Mitchell

Defendants assign as errors: (1) The denial of their motions for nonsuit; (2) the ruling of the court that defendants’ admissions and confessions were voluntarily made; and (3) the failure of the court to “find facts in support” of such ruling.

Defendants contend that their purported confessions were involuntary and incompetent and, if excluded, the evidence is insufficient to make out a prima facie case on any of the charges. Even so, defendants would not be entitled to dismissal. If the confessions had been held incompetent, the State might have offered other evidence sufficient to carry the…