Jankord v. State

Peterson, Justice.

Petitioner was tried by the court without a jury upon an indictment for second-degree murder and convicted of first-degree manslaughter in the shooting death of his wife, Barbara Jankord. He seeks, by postconviction petition, to set aside the conviction solely on the ground that certain incriminating statements made to police officers at the time of his arrest were constitutionally inadmissible under the doctrine of Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U. S. 436, 86 S. Ct. 1602, 16 L. ed. (2d) 694. This appeal is from the order denying his petition.

Petitioner’s guilt in the homicide was…