State v. Attebery

Defendant appeals his conviction after trial by jury for murder, 1 assigning three separate alleged errors. We affirm.

The death in this case occurred as the result of the victim of a March 19, 1976, pharmacy robbery being struck on the head during the robbery. He died several months later.

Defendant’s first assignment of error concerns the trial court’s admission into evidence of an incriminating statement made by defendant to the police after he had been indicted for murder, was in custody, and had appointed counsel representing him. The statement must be viewed in the context of an extended…