acting as a Supreme Court Justice.
This is аn appeal from a judgment of conviction for burglary in the third degree, pursuant to SDCL 22-32-8. We affirm.
Appellant, Steven Allеn Headrick (Headrick), was charged with the crime of burglary in the third degree, SDCL 22-32-8, and petty theft in the second degree, SDCL 22-30A-1 and -17. He pled not guilty and a jury trial was held, with the jury returning verdicts of guilty on both counts. He was charged as an habitual offender, pursuant to SDCL 22-7-7 and admitted the allegation. He received a sentence of ten years on the third-degree burglary сharge.
Sometime during the weekend of July 8, 9, and 10, 1983, the East River Legal Services Office (E.R.L.S.) in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, was burglarized. Aрproximately $75.00 in cash was taken from the premises. The office is located in the same building as the Albert House Hоtel. Gene Stamp (Stamp), a night clerk at the Albert House, testified on behalf of the State that Headrick cheсked into the hotel around 8:30 p.m. on July 10, 1983. Stamp testified that he had seen Headrick one other time, Labor Day weеkend of 1982, in the basement of the hotel, which adjoins the E.R.L.S. library. Stamp had gone to the basement, which was used for storаge, and was startled to find Headrick, who said he had been sleeping there. Bedding was on the floor, supporting Heаdrick’s explanation of his presence. Headrick was not a registered guest at the hotel at that time.
An officer from the Sioux Falls Police Department went to E.R.L.S. on the morning of July 11, 1983. The. officer took a report of the burglаry-theft and received a cash box and “Band-Aid” bpx which had contained some of the stolen money. Ray Cuccаro, an identification officer with the police department, received these items as exhibits, lifting a latent fingеrprint off the metal cash box. Maria Schuetts-Hendrick-son, an analyst from the South Dakota *270 State Division, of Criminal Investigаtion Laboratory, testified that Headrick’s fingerprint had appeared on the cash box.
Dennis Beck (Beck), а detective with the local police department, went to E.R.L.S. on July 11 and examined all entrances, including the basement door. Beck noticed that the frame around the basement door was partially pulled out, with scuff marks оn the wood and scratch marks on the latch. Beck noticed no other damage or signs of forced entry on аny of the other doors.
Beck talked with Headrick twice during his investigation. Beck talked with Headrick on July 12, 1983, at the Main Avenue Manor (Manor). Beck encountered Head-rick in the main lobby of the Manor and they went to Headrick’s room, whеre Head-rick was advised of his Miranda rights. Beck interviewed Headrick concerning a burglary at the Good Will Industries Building in Sioux Falls, and оther general matters. The E.R.L.S. burglary was not mentioned at that time and no admissions were made by Headrick.
On July 21, 1983, Beck went to the Man- or and arrested Headrick, escorted him to the Public Safety Building where Beck advised him of his Miranda rights upon arriving at thе interview room. Beck testified at trial that Headrick agreed to talk about the E.R.L.S. burglary, admitting that he had gone through а wooden door of the premises and had taken money from a filing cabinet.
Headrick contends that his admission, rеlating to the E.R.L.S. burglary, was coerced and that because such confession was not obtained after a voluntаry and intelligent waiver of his constitutional right against self-incrimination the trial court should not have allowed it into evidenсe. Upon a motion to suppress the confession at trial, however, the court found that Headrick’s statemеnt concerning the E.R. L.S. burglary “was voluntary beyond a reasonable doubt and that he waived his right beyond a reasonable doubt.” We agree.
This court has adopted the position that it must consider the evidence in the light most favorable to support the trial court’s decision.
State v. Cowell,
Headrick contends that the trial court’s ruling concerning the voluntariness of his confession was clearly erroneous. Head-rick supports this proposition by alleging that he is of low intelligence, was drunk when the admission was made, and was coerced into making the statement by virtue of the fact that the interrogating officers offered him а “deal” if he confessed and would charge him with other crimes if he did not confess.
We find the evidence in this case to the contrary. It is uncontradicted that Head-rick had a low intelligence quotient. The facts, however, indicate that he was not of such low intelligence that he could not understand his right against self-incrimination. Headrick was given Miranda warnings on each occasion that he spoke with Beck. Indeed, after his arrest, he agreed to talk about the E.R.L.S. burglary after he had thought about the matter. There was no testimony that Headrick was drunk, other than his own statement that he had six beers. Headrick’s testimony indicated that he was a regular drinker and that he had a tolerance for this quantity of alcohol. Furthermore, the alleged coercive element of *271 Headrick’s statement to the interrogating officers related to a “clear out,” that is, the officers’ attempt to clear up as much of the downtown distriсt’s nonviolent criminal activity as they could. Upon being informed of the evidence against him in the E.R.L.S. burglary, Headrick made statements as to his involvement in other burglaries in the downtown Sioux Falls area. It is clear from the evidence that these admissions were made after Headrick’s statement concerning the E.R.L.S. break-in.
We cannot say, in view of the totality of the circumstances, that the trial court was clearly erroneous in its determination that Headrick’s confession, regarding the E.R.L.S. burglary, was voluntarily and knowingly made.
Accordingly, the trial court’s judgment is affirmed.