STATE v. THACKER

No. 112.

189 S.E.2d 145 (1972)

281 N.C. 447

STATE of North Carolina v. Robert Lee THACKER.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

June 16, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Boyce, Mitchell, Burns & Smith, by Robert E. Smith, Raleigh, Attorneys for Defendant Appellant.

Robert Morgan, Atty. Gen., and Benjamin H. Baxter, Jr., Associate Atty. Gen., for the State of North Carolina.


HUSKINS, Justice:

Defendant assigns as error the admission of his inculpatory statement made during an in-custody interrogation without benefit of counsel. He contends the statement was tainted and inadmissible because he had not waived his right to counsel in writing. Admission of the statement over objection constitutes his first assignment of error.

The record discloses that defendant was twice advised of his...

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