HEDRICK, Judge.
The defendant contends that the trial court committed error in allowing a purported confession into evidence without first making sufficient findings of fact to support the conclusion that the confession was made voluntarily and understandingly. In North Carolina when a statement is offered as evidence and the defendant objects to its admission, the trial judge, in the absence of the jury, must hear evidence of both the State and the defendant upon...
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