STATE v. THORPE

No. 247.

164 S.E.2d 171 (1968)

274 N.C. 457

STATE of North Carolina v. Leroy THORPE, Defendant.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

November 20, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

T. W. Bruton, Atty. Gen., Andrew A. Vanore, Jr., Raleigh, Staff Atty., for the State.

W. O. Rosser, Whitakers, for defendant.


HIGGINS, Justice.

The first assignment of error involves the admissibility of the defendant's confession. Before permitting the investigating officers to relate to the jury the defendant's incriminating admissions, the Court conducted a voir dire examination in the jury's absence. The evidence disclosed the officers first talked with Mrs. Mullen, who had observed and recognized the defendant as the intruder in her home at about midnight. On the basis of her identifying...

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