Williams v. Commonwealth

Opinion

COLEMAN, J.

In this appeal of a conviction for robbery, Code § 18.2-58, we must determine whether the trial court erred in admitting that portion of the appellant’s confession which implicated him in other crimes for which he was not on trial. For the reasons that follow, we find no error and affirm the conviction.

The appellant, Ray Williams, made an oral confession to the investigating police officer which was tape recorded. In the recorded confession he admitted the robbery for which he was being tried as well as a series of approximately seventeen other robberies. The taped…