State v. Bittick

ROBERTSON, Judge.

Wallace Dean Bittick appeals his bench-tried conviction for first-degree robbery. The issues on appeal center around Bit-tick’s right against self-incrimination guaranteed by the Fifth Amendment as applied to the States under the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, Malloy v. Hogan, 378 U.S. 1, 84 S.Ct. 1489, 12 L.Ed.2d 653 (1964), and as interpreted in Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436, 86 S.Ct. 1602, 16 L.Ed.2d 694 (1966). Specifically Bittick claims (1) that having requested an attorney, the confession he made to the police following that request may not be used…