STATE v. WILLIAMS

No. 703SC623.

178 S.E.2d 41 (1970)

10 N.C. App. 183

STATE of North Carolina v. James Alton WILLIAMS, Charlie Earl Boyd, Jr., and Therman Davenport.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

December 16, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. Robert Morgan, by Staff Attys. Howard P. Satisky and Walter Ricks, III, Raleigh, for the State.

Clifton W. Everett, Jr., Bethel, for defendant appellants, James Alton Williams and Charlie Earl Boyd, Jr.

James T. Cheatham, Greenville, for defendant appellant, Therman Davenport.


FRANK M. PARKER, Judge.

After a voir dire hearing, the trial court allowed in evidence testimony of a deputy sheriff concerning extrajudicial confessions which each defendant had made while in the presence of the others. In its charge the court instructed the jury that if they should find from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that the confession was made, they were "not concerned with whether it was freely and voluntarily made, because the court has ruled...

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