State v. Echols
Annotate this CaseDefendant, convicted of felony murder and sentenced to life in prison, appealed, alleging a number of errors in the conduct of the trial, particularly the trial court's failure to suppress a statement Defendant had made to the police. The court of criminal appeals held that the admission of the statement qualified as harmless error. The Supreme Court granted Defendant's application for permission to appeal in order to determine the propriety of Defendant's arrest and to consider whether the court of criminal appeals had used the appropriate standard of review in its harmless error analysis. The Supreme Court then affirmed the judgment, holding that the arrest of Defendant was supported by probable cause and there was no other prejudicial error during the course of the trial.
Court Description: Authoring Judge: Chief Justice Gary R. Wade
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