Legal Opinion

Moore v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama

Decided April 20, 1982No. 3 Div. 426Published

1Opinion of the Court

BOWEN, Judge.

The defendant was indicted and convicted for the murder of his two month old son. Alabama Code 1975, Section 13A-6-2 (Amended 1977). Sentence was 50 years’ imprisonment.

I

The defendant argues that his confession was involuntary because he was exhausted, intoxicated, intimidated and subjected to eight hours of interrogation.

The question of whether a confession is voluntarily made turns on the totality of the circumstances in each particular case. Boulden v. Holman, 394 U.S. 478, 89 S.Ct. 1138, 22 L.Ed.2d 433 (1969); Crawford *1212v. State, 377 So.2d 145 (Ala.Cr.App.), affirmed, Ex parte…

2Cases cited50 opinions

  1. Brinegar v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
  2. Dunaway v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  3. Boulden v. HolmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  4. Eakes v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1978
  5. Tice v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1980

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