Simmons v. State

The defendant was convicted for arson in the first degree, Alabama Code Section 13A-7-41 (1975), and sentenced to fifteen years' imprisonment as an habitual offender. Two issues are presented on appeal.

I

The defendant argues that his confession was the product of an improper inducement. Applying the totality of the circumstances test for determining voluntariness, Haynes v.Washington, 373 U.S. 503, 513-514, 83 S.Ct. 1336, 1342-1343,10 L.Ed.2d 513 (1963), we find that the defendant's incriminating statements were voluntary and not coerced or encouraged in any way by any police officer. All the…