KNIGHTEN v. STATE

4 Div. 859.

402 So.2d 363 (1981)

Johnny James KNIGHTEN v. STATE.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama.

June 23, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L. Merrill Shirley, Elba, for appellant.

Charles A. Graddick, Atty. Gen. and Sandra M. Solowiej, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


BOWEN, Judge.

In the early morning hours of May 5, 1979, the defendant brutally beat and killed his wife. The defendant was indicted and convicted for murder in the first degree. Sentence was life imprisonment.

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The defendant's argument that the State failed to lay the proper predicate for the admission of his confession into evidence is not supported by the record. Time and time again the words "or anyone in your presence" were included in the...

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