STATE v. PURSLEY


550 S.W.2d 949 (1977)

STATE of Tennessee, Petitioner, v. Ronald W. PURSLEY, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

Rehearing Denied April 11, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R.A. Ashley, Jr., Atty. Gen., John F. Southworth, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, J. William Pope, Dist. Atty. Gen., Pikeville, for petitioner.

Harold Brown, William Brown, Chattanooga, for respondent.


OPINION

HENRY, Justice.

This case presents the issue of whether the trial judge erred in failing to make a conclusive determination of the voluntariness and admissibility of a criminal defendant's confession, prior to its submission to the jury. The Court of Criminal Appeals unanimously concluded that the procedure employed by the trial judge in determining the admissibility to the defendant's confession was improper. We affirm.

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