SMITH v. STATE

No. S97A2074.

495 S.E.2d 280 (1998)

269 Ga. 72

SMITH v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

February 9, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David E. Perry, Albany, for Bobby Lee Smith.

Kenneth Bryant Hodges, III, Dist. Atty., Albany, James Jayson Phillips, Asst. Atty. Gen., Paula K. Smith, Senior Asst. Atty. Gen., Department of Law, Atlanta, for the State.


FLETCHER, Presiding Justice.

Bobby Lee Smith was convicted of murder, rape, and kidnapping in the strangulation of Sherry Lynn Pollard.1 Smith appeals, challenging the admission of his statement. Because the record supports the trial court's findings that the statement was freely and voluntarily given, we affirm.

The evidence at trial showed that Smith was staying at the motel where...

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