Legal Opinion
State v. Ritter
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided June 9, 1997No. S97A0332PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Hunstein, Justice.
The State appeals from the trial court’s ruling excluding certain statements made by Hughey Edward Ritter to the police. Ritter is charged with murder and armed robbery; the State has filed notice of its intention to seek the death penalty. In addressing this appeal we bear in mind that a trial court’s determination as to the voluntariness of a confession after a suppression hearing must be upheld by the appellate court unless the decision is clearly erroneous. Berry v. State, 254 Ga. 101, 104 (326 SE2d 748) (1985).
The trial court found that when the police responded to a…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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3Cited by44 opinions
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