Dean v. State

Barnes, Chief Judge.

Following the denial of his motion for a new trial, Harry Lamar Dean, Jr., appeals his convictions for two counts of party to the crime of armed robbery. Dean contends that: (1) the trial court’s decision to admit his two pre-trial statements violated his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination; (2) the jury was not properly instructed on how to evaluate the voluntariness of his confession; (3) the trial court erred in admitting similar transaction evidence that Dean had confessed to being involved in the commission of a third, uncharged robbery without…