NEBEKER, Associate Judge:
The sole issue on this appeal from a Family Division determination finding appellant guilty of robbery, D.C.Code 1973, § 22-2901, is whether the admitted use by the police of lies and tricks rendered appellant's confession involuntary. We hold that the use of artifice does not by itself invalidate an otherwise voluntary confession. Under the circumstances of this case, we affirm the trial court's holding that appellant made an intelligent...
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