Screws v. State

Phipps, Judge.

Jeffery Screws was convicted of robbery by intimidation and possession of cocaine. After denial of his motion for new trial, Screws appeals to this court, contending that his confession was involuntary and, therefore, improperly admitted into evidence at his bench trial. We conclude that Screws’s confession was voluntary and properly admitted. Thus, we affirm his conviction.

On May 15, 1998, at about 4:45 a.m., Screws entered Herndon’s Super C supermarket in Columbus, approached the store clerk and told him that he had been directed by someone else to rob the store. Screws…