Deron Jontave Ruffin was found guilty by a jury of burglary and armed robbery. On appeal, he claims: 1 that the trial court erred by finding his custodial statement to police was voluntary and admissible into evidence, and 2 that his trial counsel provided ineffective assistance. We find no error and affirm. 1. The State produced testimony from co-defendant, Brandon G. Morgan, that he, Ruffin and two other men entered the victim’s house without authority and robbed the victim at knife-point taking various personal property including the victim’s truck. The victim, who could not identify his attackers, testified that four men invaded his house, held a knife to his throat, and robbed him. Three of the attackers, including Ruffin and Morgan, were later arrested in Mississippi after leading police on a chase in the stolen truck. While Ruffin was in custody in Mississippi, he gave a taped statement to police in which he admitted his participation in the burglary and armed robbery. After a hearing conducted pursuant to Jackson v. Denno , 378 U. S. 368 84 SC 1774, 12 LE2d 908 1964, the trial court ruled that the statement was voluntary, and the statement was subsequently introduced into evidence by the State. Ruffin did not testify at trial. The evidence was sufficient for the jury to find that Ruffin was guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, either directly or as a party, of committing the charged offenses of burglary and armed robbery. OCGA § § 16-7-1; 16-8-41; 16-2-20; 16-2-21; Jackson v. Virginia , 443 U. S. 307 99 SC 2781, 61 LE2d 560 1979.
2. We find no error in the trial court’s ruling that Ruffin’s custodial statement was voluntary and admissible. At the Jackson v. Denno hearing, a police officer present during Ruffin’s custodial interrogation testified that, before the statement was given, Ruffin was advised of and waived his rights under Miranda v. Arizona , 384 U.S. 436 86 SC 1602, 16 LE2d 694 1966; that Ruffin was coherent, did not appear to be under the influence of drugs or alcohol, and that he understood and responded to the questions. The officer testified that Ruffin was not threatened, nor was he promised any benefit or leniency. Ruffin testified at the hearing that he agreed to answer the questions after he was advised of and waived his Miranda rights. He admitted that he decided to tell the officers what happened in connection with the charges at issue and that no officer told him what to say. He also conceded that he acknowledged during the interrogation that he was not forced to make the statement.
