STATE v. PEARCE

No. 742.

145 S.E.2d 918 (1966)

266 N.C. 234

STATE of North Carolina, Respondent, v. Clifton A. PEARCE, Petitioner.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

January 14, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

T. W. Bruton, Atty. Gen., Theodore C. Brown, Staff Atty., Raleigh, for the State.

Wade H. Penny, Jr., Durham, for petitioner appellant.


HIGGINS, Justice.

The petitioner challenges the legality of his trial on three grounds: (1) He was not represented by counsel selected and appointed by the court as required by law. (2) The trial court committed error in permitting Detective Morris to relate to the jury certain admissions the defendant made to the investigating officers after the indictment was returned and while he was being held in custody charged with a capital felony. (3) The attorney who represented...

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