Minirth v. State

MERRILL, Justice.

Minirth was convicted of possessing a still, and the judgment of conviction was affirmed by the Court of Appeals.

The only point argued in this court on petition for writ of certiorari is the sufficiency of the predicate for Minirth’s confession that “the still was his and Mig Mayner’s” (the other man arrested at the still when raided by two officers).

As shown by the opinion of the Court of Appeals, each of the officers was questioned as to the voluntariness of the confession but were not asked if anyone in their presence made any threats, promises, etc. The predicate dealt…