I'ANSON, Chief Justice.
Charles Rufus Akers, defendant, was indicted for the murder of a fourteen-year-old girl. Defendant pleaded not guilty, waived trial by jury, was found guilty of murder in the first degree, and was sentenced to life imprisonment in the State penitentiary.
Defendant contends that the trial court erred in:
(1) Admitting into evidence his alleged confessions without first hearing evidence on the issue of voluntariness;
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