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Adams v. State

Defendant's unequivocal confession that his cousin was the principal actor in the robbery undermined his subsequent argument that his confession was not voluntary because he feared reprisal from his cousin.

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Earl Lewis Adams appeals his convictions of armed robbery and kidnapping. He raises two enumerations of error: 1 the trial court erred in admitting his confession into evidence because it was not freely and voluntarily given; and 2 the evidence was insufficient to support the convictions. We find that the trial court properly admitted Adams’s confession and that the evidence was sufficient, and we affirm.

Viewed in the light most favorable to the verdict, the evidence authorized the jury to find that the following occurred. In the days preceding January 31, 1998, Adams and his cousin Johnny Whitlock made plans to rob the Parkway Pantry convenience store in Griffin. They watched the store once or twice to see when the store clerk closed it. Then, on January 31, Adams drove Whitlock to the store near closing time, and Whitlock entered armed with a shotgun, covering his face with a blue knit skull cap with cut-out eye-holes. Whitlock pointed the shotgun at the store clerk and ordered her to give him the money. The clerk gave Whitlock the money from the register and, pursuant to an order from Whitlock, went into a closet. Whitlock then left the store and got into Adams’s car, and Adams drove away. Whitlock and Adams later split the money.

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