Madkins v. State

The appeal raises these two issues:(1) Were the incriminating statements made by the defendant properly admitted into evidence; and(2) Was the defendant denied effective assistance of counsel ?

Admissibility of statements.

Officer Simerlein testified that the defendant admitted signing a name not his own on the back of the check. The jury was not allowed to hear this testimony until the trial court conducted a Goodchild, 1 hearing out of the jury’s presence. At that hearing1, Officer Sim-erlein testified that he gave the defendant a Miranda 2 warning in the following words:

“A. I told him that…