Bettis v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Clarice Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. Jopin T. Lackland. Mattie Bettis was convicted of murder in the second degree, and «he appeals. The defendant is charged with killing her husband, Milton Bettis.
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Appeal from Clarice Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. Jopin T. Lackland. Mattie Bettis was convicted of murder in the second degree, and «he appeals. The defendant is charged with killing her husband, Milton Bettis. The witness Trawiclc testified that when at the scene of the killing, without offering defendant nny reward, or holding out any inducement, or making .any promises of any kind to her she stated to him that some one came up from behind and shot, and the deceased fell, and defendant got scared and ran off. He further testified that under the same circumstances, but after defendant…
1Opinion of the CourtSimpson, J.
The appellant was convicted of the crime of murder in the second degree. It affirmatively appears that the statement made by the defendant, wliilein the calaboose, to the witness Trawick, was voluntary;. and it was properly admitted. The fact that there was a crowd around the calaboose, talking when witness approached, does not tend to controvert the statement of the witness as to the absence of circumstances which would render the statement not voluntary. The same is true with regard to the statements made to Steve Bettis, which were not really confessions, but exculpatory statements, which…
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