Legal Opinion

Butler v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided January 10, 1990No. A89A1814PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Carley, Chief Judge.

After a jury trial, appellant was found guilty of one count of burglary and two counts of armed robbery. Appellant appeals from the judgment of conviction and sentence entered by the trial court on the jury’s guilty verdicts.

1. Relying upon OCGA § 24-3-50, appellant enumerates as error the admission of his confession into evidence.

“[F] actual and credibility determinations as to voluntariness of a confession are normally made at a suppression hearing and must be accepted by appellate courts unless such determinations are clearly erroneous. [Cit.]” Moore v. State, 179 Ga.…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Kimbro v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1980
  2. Burley v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1989
  3. Smith v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1988
  4. Moore v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1986
  5. Parker v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1989

3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Carswell v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1997
  2. McWhorter v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1991
  3. Tucker v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1998
  4. Earl v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1994
  5. Williams v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1999

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