Contee v. United States

On this appeal from his convictions for, among other crimes, felony murder while armed, appellant’s sole contention is that his tape-recorded confession to the police was involuntary in fact. We reject that contention. Although this court reviews the trial court’s conclusion of voluntariness de novo, “[w]e will not disturb the trial court’s [underlying] factual findings unless they are without substantial support in the evidence.” Hebron v. United States, 625 A.2d 884, 885 (D.C.1993). The trial judge found, inter alia, that

there’s ... nothing in the testimony I heard about [appellant’s]…