BENNETT v. STATE

7 Div. 849.

409 So.2d 936 (1981)

Patrick A. BENNETT v. STATE.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied November 24, 1981.

Certiorari Denied, January 29, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard W. Bell, Pelham, for appellant.

Charles A. Graddick, Atty. Gen., and Jeffery H. Long, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


Alabama Supreme Court 81-244.

BOWEN, Judge.

The defendant was indicted and convicted for burglary in the third degree. He was sentenced as an habitual offender to ten years' imprisonment. Two issues are presented on appeal.

I

The defendant vigorously argues that his confession was involuntary because it was the product of "a distinct hope of a lighter sentence or punishment, or total forgiveness" created by the statements of the arresting...

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