PITTMAN, Justice, for the Court:
Jerry Wayne Mettetal killed Joe Cosby, a Deputy Sheriff for Panola County, on September 30, 1988, and was indicted for capital murder. Mettetal's counsel filed abundant pre-trial motions, including a motion to suppress Mettetal's statement confessing the killing. The trial court denied Mettetal's motion to suppress. After a full trial, the jury found Mettetal guilty of capital murder but was unable to agree unanimously on punishment...
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