WHITE v. STATE

39960.

251 Ga. 482 (1983)

306 S.E.2d 636

WHITE v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Rehearing Denied October 4, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walters, Davis, Smith & Meeks, Thomas E. Pujadas, for appellant.

Thomas H. Pittman, District Attorney, Arthur W. Leach, Robert C. Wilmot, Assistant District Attorneys, Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, Mary Beth Westmoreland, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.


SMITH, Justice.

Following a jury trial in the Superior Court of Irwin County, Eddie James White was found guilty of murdering the twenty-two-month-old child of his girl friend. He received a life sentence. White has below average mental ability and the principal question on appeal is whether the trial court erred in admitting his inculpatory in-custody statement. We affirm.

According to his own trial testimony, on the morning of June 29, 1982, White went to...

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