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COLTON v. STATE

No. S14A0703.

766 S.E.2d 38 (2014)

296 Ga. 172

COLTON v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

November 17, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Senior Asst. Atty. Gen., Paula Khristian Smith, Senior Asst. Atty. Gen., Samuel S. Olens, Atty. Gen., Ryan A. Kolb, Asst. Atty. Gen., Department of Law, Atlanta, Robert Nicholas Peterkin, Asst. Atty. Gen., Coweta Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office, Greenville, Peter J. Skandalakis, Dist. Atty., Coweta Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office, LaGrange, for appellee.

This is a second appeal by convicted murderer Tyus Colton following a ruling by the trial court, upon remand, that his confession which was in evidence at his trial was voluntary. For the reasons which follow, we affirm such judgment by the trial court as well as Colton's judgments of conviction.

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