State v. Adams

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

*441CLIFFORD, J.

A jury convicted defendant, Earl Adams, of purposeful or knowing murder and of four weapons-possession charges. He contends that the trial court’s admission of his oral statements in response to a police interrogation was reversible error because he had not validly waived his constitutional protection against self-incrimination. At the interrogation he had refused to sign a written statement but had volunteered to discuss the events surrounding the victim’s death.

The Appellate Division affirmed the convictions, and we granted defendant’s…