Court Opinion

ID: 9847637
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Date Created: 2023-09-24 04:03:49.284826+00
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Marshall, Chief Justice,
dissenting.
The body of the victim, Warren Favors, was found in a well behind the house which the defendant Harris had shared with Favors prior to Favors’ disappearance. There was what appeared to be a shotgun wound in the chest of the body. In my opinion these facts constituted ample probable cause to arrest Harris and place him in jail without a warrant. I would therefore hold that the subsequent statements made by Harris were admissible against him in the trial for the murder of Favors.
I therefore respectfully dissent. I am authorized to state that Justice Weltner concurs in this dissent.
*27Decided May 28, 1986.
Joseph H. Briley, District Attorney, Alberto C. Martinez, Jr., Assistant District Attorney, for appellant.
Eugene P. Baldwin, for appellee.