Williams v. State

Ruffin, Presiding Judge.

Following a bench trial, Terry Williams was convicted of eight counts of burglary. In his sole enumeration of error, Williams argues that the trial court erred in admitting into evidence three custodial statements that he made to police. For reasons that follow, we affirm.

The record shows that, prior to trial, Williams moved to suppress the statements, arguing that they were not freely and voluntarily made and that they resulted from a “hope of benefit” or “fear of injury.” He further argued that he was neither informed of nor understood his rights under Miranda v.…