State v. Williams

Despite the fact that defendant did not want to appeal, his attorney filed a brief posing four questions for decision.

Defendant contends first that the trial court erred when it admitted defendant’s confession and other evidence obtained as a result thereof without first inquiring into its voluntariness. Defendant did not object to this testimony, so the real question is: should the trial court in the absence of an objection inquire sua sponte into the voluntariness of an alleged confession offered by the State? We *708think not. The general rule is stated in 29 Am. Jur. 2d Evidence § 583 as…