Court Opinion

ID: 9794917
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-31 03:14:10.331643+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:22:20.690450
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O’CONNELL, J.,
specially concurring.
I concur. I would add only that in my opinion the confession should not he submitted to the jury unless the trial judge is convinced beyond a reasonable doubt that it was voluntarily made. I believe that the jury should also be instructed to the same effect. See Bram v. United States, 168 US 532, 18 S Ct 183, 42 L Ed 568 (1897); Johnson v. State, 107 Miss 196, 65 So 218 (1914); Ellis v. The State, 65 Miss 44, 3 So 188 (1887).