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Heckman v. State

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Edward William Heckman was found guilty, but mentally ill, of malice murder and concealing a death in connection with the fatal shooting of his wife, Janet Heckman. He appeals his convictions, challenging the admission of certain evidence including his post-arrest statements, the failure to give a jury charge on voluntary manslaughter, and the sufficiency of the evidence of guilt. Finding the challenges to be without merit, we affirm.1

On July 26, 2000, Heckman fatally shot Janet, his wife of 37 years, and buried her in a well located in their yard. After not hearing from Janet for several days, members of her family reported her missing. In the early morning hours of July 31, 2000, Clayton County police officers Palmer and Shockey went to the Heckman home to investigate Janet’s whereabouts. Heckman invited the officers inside; the house appeared to be completely dark and Heckman was carrying a flashlight. When asked where Janet was, Heckman told the officers that she had gone to visit family in Chicago and that he had dropped her off at the airport between 10:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. on July 27; he did not have any of the flight information. The officers told Heckman that the family had called because Janet had not made it to Chicago. They asked Heckman if they could check the house to see if Janet was there and Heckman agreed. Heckman would not look one of the officers in the eye and barely acknowledged his presence; he seemed very sad and downcast, like “something was troubling” him. Heckman declined to report his wife as missing.

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