Murder suspect's statement ruled out
Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2004 2:43 pm
By Melody Mcdonald, Star-Telegram Staff Writer
FORT WORTH, Texas - The written statement a teen-age boy gave to a homicide detective after his arrest in the fatal shooting of a North Crowley High School classmate was obtained illegally and is inadmissible in court, a juvenile court judge has ruled.
State District Judge Jean Boyd also threw out as evidence the gun that was found in a sewer as a result of the teen's statement to police, officials said Monday.
"The gun was suppressed because the only reason we found it was because of that statement," prosecutor Jim Hudson said. "We never would have found it if he hadn't told us where it was."
FORT WORTH, Texas - The written statement a teen-age boy gave to a homicide detective after his arrest in the fatal shooting of a North Crowley High School classmate was obtained illegally and is inadmissible in court, a juvenile court judge has ruled.
State District Judge Jean Boyd also threw out as evidence the gun that was found in a sewer as a result of the teen's statement to police, officials said Monday.
"The gun was suppressed because the only reason we found it was because of that statement," prosecutor Jim Hudson said. "We never would have found it if he hadn't told us where it was."