Milton Jones was convicted of the capital felony murder of Annie Bell Hall Killingsworth and sentenced to life imprisonment without parole. His contentions on appeal are meritless, and we uphold his conviction.
On July 31, 1986, Mrs. Killingsworth was murdered at her home in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. The evidence showed that she was smothered with a pillow. Jones was seen near Mrs. Killings-worth’s house the night she was murdered with Roosevelt Ferguson, a friend of Jones’s. Jones left town that night and was arrested in Kansas City, Missouri, several weeks later. He confessed to participating in the murder, claiming that Ferguson actually smothered the victim while he (Jones) held her arms down. According to Jones’s confession, they took $10,000 from the house and divided it between them.
On appeal, Jones argues first that the trial judge should have suppressed his confession because it was not voluntary, and second that there was insufficient evidence to support his conviction. Jones confessed to the crime at Pine Bluff on August 26, 1986. He testified at the suppression
The evidence needed to support a conviction when there is a confession is merely evidence that the offense was committed by someone. Fitzhugh v. State,
In compliance with Rule 11 (f) of the Rules of the Supreme Court, we have examined all objections decided adversely to the appellant and find none that involve prejudicial error.
Affirmed.
