State v. Burgess

Defendant Clay Burgess was convicted of rape and second degree assault. On this appeal from such con viction, he alleges and argues as error (1) the trial court’s failure to suppress a statement signed by defendant without benefit of counsel, and (2) the trial court’s permitting such statement to be identified by the defendant and portions thereof read by the prosecuting attorney. Defendant’s counsel on this appeal is appointed counsel and is not the counsel who represented him at the trial.

The facts which the jury had a right to believe are ample and sufficient to sustain the verdict for the…