Williams v. State

Steele Hays, Justice.

Appellant, Rodney Williams, having several felony convictions, was convicted of the aggravated robbery and first degree murder of Hoyt Green and sentenced on each charge to life imprisonment, the robbery sentence merging with the murder sentence. For reversal, Williams argues that it was error to admit evidence of an unrelated crime and to admit two custodial statements given by him, the first on May 8,1982 and a later one on May 14. The arguments are without merit and, accordingly, we affirm the trial court.

At about 8 o’clock on the evening of May 7, 1982, Mrs. Patricia…