STATE v. BURTIS


664 S.W.2d 305 (1983)

STATE of Tennessee, Appellee, v. James BURTIS, Appellant.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee, at Jackson.

Permission to Appeal Denied December 27, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph B. Brown, Jr., Memphis, for appellant.

William M. Leech, Jr., Atty. Gen., Kimberly J. Dean, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, Michael W. Whitaker, Dist. Atty. Gen., Somerville, Clayburn Peoples, Albert Harwell Schoonover, Asst. Dist. Attys. Gen. Pro Tem., Trenton, for appellee.


Permission to Appeal Denied by Supreme Court December 27, 1983.

OPINION

SCOTT, Judge.

The appellant and Leo Drew, whose case is not before this Court, were convicted of armed robbery. Each received a sentence of twenty years in the state penitentiary. On appeal the appellant has presented eight issues for our consideration. In the first three he challenges the trial judge's refusal to suppress the appellant's statement. He contends that the confession...

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