WILLIAMS v. STATE

ROBBERY — Evidence Held Sufficient To Convict. p. 610

CRIMINAL LAW — No Error In Admission Of Statement Which Was Not A Confession, Although It Contained An Admission — Denial By Police Officers That Statement Was Produced By Beating — There Was Evidence To Support Finding Of Trial Judge That It Was Voluntary. p. 610

Decided September 24, 1964.

PER CURIAM.

The appellant contends that the evidence was insufficient to convict of robbery and that the court erred in admitting a statement given by him to the police. We find no merit in either contention. The appellant was positively identified by the victim in a line-up and at the trial. He was arrested near the scene of the crime on a description given by the victim. The statement was not a confession, although it contained an admission that the accused was in the company of the other participants immediately prior to the yoking. In any event the claim that it was produced by a beating is denied by all the officers, and there was evidence to support the finding of the trial judge that the statement was voluntary. Cf. Bean v. State, 234 Md. 432.

Judgment affirmed.