deputy sheriff slapped defendant after being attacked in course of questioning; confession taken shortly thereafter by officer of different agency admissible upon finding it was freely and voluntarily made
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- deputy sheriff slapped defendant after being attacked in course of questioning; confession taken shortly thereafter by officer of different agency admissible upon finding it was freely and voluntarily made
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McCALL, Justice.
Petition of John O. Brown for writ of certiorari to the Court of Criminal Appeals to review and revise judgment and decision of that court in Brown v. State, 53 Ala.App. 674 , 304 So.2d 17 , decided August 13, 1974, is denied.
In denying the petition for writ of certiorari in this case, this Court does not *747 wish to be understood as approving or disapproving all of the language used or the statements of law made in the opinion of this case in the Court of Criminal Appeals. See Mobile Pure Milk Co. v. Coleman, 230 Ala. 432 , 161 So. 829 ; Opelika Coca-Cola Bottling Co., Inc. v. Johnson, 286 Ala. 460 , 241 So.2d 331 ; Cooper v. State, 287 Ala. 728 , 252 So.2d 108 ; and Winn-Dixie Montgomery, Inc. v. Brindley, 289 Ala. 755 , 266 So.2d 150 .
Writ denied.
HEFLIN, C. J., and BLOODWORTH, J., concur.
COLEMAN and JONES, JJ., concur in result.