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STATE v. STEARNS

620 S.W.2d 92 (1981)

STATE of Tennessee, Appellant, v. Danny STEARNS, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee, at Nashville.

Rehearing Denied June 2, 1981.

Permission to Appeal Denied August 3, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William M. Leech, Jr., Atty. Gen., John C. Zimmermann, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, Alan Foster, Asst. Dist. Atty. Gen., Livingston, R. Laken Mitchell, Asst. Dist. Atty. Gen., Cookeville, for appellant.

Paul A. Crouch, Robert H. Roberts, Byrdstown, for appellee.

Permission to Appeal Denied by Supreme Court August 3, 1981.

OPINION

TATUM, Judge.

This is an appeal by the State from a pre-trial judgment sustaining a motion to suppress a confession given by the defendant. In the confession, the defendant admitted the robbery and murder of Radford Stockton in Pickett County on November 7, 1979. The only issue presented is whether the defendant's confession was voluntarily made following a knowing and intelligent...

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