Case Name: BATTS v. THE STATE (two cases)
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1977-04-21
Citations: 238 Ga. 664
Docket Number: 31951, 31952
Parties: BATTS v. THE STATE (two cases).
Judges: Nichols, C. J., Undercofler, P. J., Jordan, Ingram and Hall, JJ., concur. Hill, J., concurs specially:
Reporter: Georgia Reports
Volume: 238
Pages: 664–667

Head Matter:
31951, 31952.
BATTS v. THE STATE (two cases).
Submitted January 28, 1977 —
Decided April 21, 1977.

Opinion:
Per curiam.
The defendant was found guilty of two armed robberies which arose out of the same occurrence and was sentenced to life imprisonment. On appeal he contends that the procedure followed in Georgia for determining the voluntariness of a confession is unconstitutional.
The Georgia procedure for determining the voluntariness of a confession is not unconstitutional for any reason assigned.
Judgment affirmed.
Nichols, C. J., Undercofler, P. J., Jordan, Ingram and Hall, JJ., concur. Hill, J., concurs specially:
M. Stan Ballew, Jim L. Wilson, for appellant.
Thomas H. Pittman, District Attorney, Fred W. Rigdon, Jr., Assistant District Attorney, Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, Daryl A. Robinson, Staff Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.