State v. Johnson

DIXON, Justice.

Defendant was convicted of armed robbery, a violation of R.S. 14-64, and appeals, raising four assignments of error.

In Assignment No. 1, defendant contends the trial court erred in admitting a typewritten confession because it was not read to him before he signed it. It is' his position that because it was not read back to him there is inadequate assurance that the typewritten version correctly relates the substance of his oral confession.

Investigating officers testified that defendant gave them a statement during which Detective Clinton Beaugh 'took notes. These notes were…