Sloan v. State

LARRY G. SMITH, Judge.

Appellant, Clinton Eugene Sloan, Jr., was tried on a charge of second degree murder, and found guilty by a jury of manslaughter. The issues raised on appeal are: (1) Appellant’s incriminating statement given to police officers should have been suppressed because it was obtained as the result of a warrantless arrest inside the mobile home he was jointly occupying with others at the time; (2) the evidence was insufficient for submission to the jury, and appellant’s motion for judgment of acquittal should have been granted; (3) it was error to permit introduction into…