State v. Beard

SHERAN, Chief Justice.

Defendant, found guilty of aggravated assault and aggravated robbery, was sentenced by the trial court to a maximum indeterminate term of 20 years in prison, the sentence to run concurrently with a prior sentence for robbery on which parole was revoked. The sole issue raised on appeal is the admissibility of testimony by a police officer concerning statements defendant made after he was in custody. Defendant did not object to the admission of this testimony at trial but now asserts its inadmissibility, arguing that the testimony was the fruit of an illegal arrest,…