Triplett v. State

The three issues raised by the defendant by writ relate to sufficiencies: (1) Sufficiency of the evidence as to voluntariness of defendant’s confession.; (2) sufficiency of trial court finding as to admissibility of the confession; and (3) sufficiency of the evidence to support a conviction for first-degree murder, party to a crime.

Sufficiency of evidence as to confession.

As to the voluntariness of the oral statements and written confession made by defendant to the police, the trial court here found the issue presented to be one of credibility. Clearly it was. Usually it is. In the case…