Legal Opinion
State v. Ray
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided June 5, 2000No. S00A0769PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Hunstein, Justice.
The State appeals from the trial court’s ruling excluding the confession Scott Brandon Ray made to police on July 8, 1998 at the Port Wentworth Police Department. Ray is charged in a multi-count indictment for crimes arising out of the shotgun murder and armed robbery of Paulajayne Sprague at the Savannah Truck Wash. The State has filed its notice of its intention to seek the death penalty. Finding no clear error in the trial court’s determination that Ray’s confession was not voluntary, we affirm.
1. The State’s appeal was proper under OCGA § 5-7-1 (a) (4). See State v.…
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