State v. Burtis

OPINION

SCOTT, Judge.

The appellant and Leo Drew, whose case is not before this Court, were convicted of armed robbery. Each received a sentence of twenty years in the state penitentiary. On appeal the appellant has presented eight issues for our consideration. In the first three he challenges the trial judge’s refusal to suppress the appellant’s statement. He contends that the confession was the fruit of an illegal arrest, that it was involuntary and that it was given after he invoked his Miranda rights.

Since the sufficiency of the convicting evidence is not challenged, no detailed factual…