Petty v. State

Thomas Harry Petty, Jr., was convicted for the first degree robbery of William Smith and sentenced to 27 years' imprisonment. This appeal is from that conviction.

I

Petty's pretrial motion to suppress was properly denied.

The robbery in this case was committed by Petty, Kevin Cole, and Ronnie Cole, Jr. Although separately indicted, all 3 defendants were joined for trial. Each defendant had given the police at least one statement.

Prior to trial, Petty filed a pretrial motion to suppress the 2 statements he gave the police. An evidentiary hearing was held at which conflicting evidence was…