RUSSELL, Justice.
This appeal presents the question whether a confession, given in a sheriff's office at a time when no probable cause existed to arrest the defendant, was voluntary.
Norman Addison was convicted, pursuant to Code § 18.2-80, of aiding and abetting the arson of an unoccupied building. At his non-jury trial, after offering proof of the corpus delicti, the Commonwealth relied on several statements made by the defendant to the sheriff...
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