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STATE v. BISHOP

No. 257.

158 S.E.2d 511 (1968)

272 N.C. 283

STATE of North Carolina v. Josiah BISHOP. STATE of North Carolina v. Raymond L. BASKIN. STATE of North Carolina v. Lester THOMPSON. STATE of North Carolina v. MacArthur McCAIN.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

January 12, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. T. W. Bruton and Asst. Atty. Gen. Bernard A. Harrell, for the State.

W. O. Rosser, Whitakers, and Alfred S. Bryant, Durham, for defendants.

BRANCH, Justice.

The principal contention of defendants is that the court erred in admitting into evidence the confessions of defendants.

The test of admissibility is whether the statements made by defendants were in fact voluntarily and understandingly made. State v. Gray, 268 N.C. 69, 150 S.E.2d 1; State v. Rogers, 233 N.C. 390, 64 S.E.2d...

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