Coon v. State

JOHN MAUZY PITTMAN, Judge.

The appellant in this criminal J case was arrested and confessed to robbing a Hardee’s restaurant with a toy gun. He was charged with aggravated robbery and theft of property. Although represented by counsel, appellant made a pro se pretrial motion to suppress his confession and requested a Denno hearing. The court never ruled on the motion and a jury trial was held. Neither appellant nor appellant’s attorney mentioned the motion. Appellant’s attorney’s trial strategy was to admit to robbery — which was done in both the opening and closing arguments — but to try to…