Brown v. State

Undercofler, Justice.

Thurston Eugene Brown was convicted of the murder of Betty Hayes and sentenced to life imprisonment. The evidence shows that the defendant resided with the victim as husband and wife and that they had an eighteen-month-old child. The victim died of gunshot wounds inflicted in the apartment where they lived.

The defendant was arrested and taken to the police station where he was advised of his constitutional rights. He denied any knowledge of the homicide. The next morning the police officers again advised him of his constitutional rights. The defendant then made a…