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COLTON v. STATE

No. S12A1761.

739 S.E.2d 380 (2013)

292 Ga. 509

COLTON, v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

March 4, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jennifer Adair Trieshmann, Office of the Public Defender, Carrollton, for appellant.

Robert Nicholas Peterkin, Asst. Dist. Atty., Peter J. Skandalakis, Dist. Atty., Office of the District Attorney, Paula Khristian Smith, Sr. Asst. Atty. Gen., Samuel S. Olens, Atty. Gen., Kenneth Wesley Mishoe, Asst. Atty. Gen., Department of Law, for appellee.

MELTON, Justice.

Following a jury trial, Tyus D. Colton was found guilty of malice murder, felony murder, aggravated assault, and aggravated battery in connection with the beating death of Shannon Blount.1 On appeal Colton contends, among other things, that the trial court erred in admitting at trial evidence of Colton's confession without first finding that the confession had been made voluntarily. For the reasons that follow, we remand...

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