STATE v. LAWSON

No. 58.

204 S.E.2d 843 (1974)

285 N.C. 320

STATE of North Carolina v. Donald Samuel LAWSON.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

May 15, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. Robert Morgan and Asst. Atty. Gen. Ralf F. Haskell, Raleigh, for the State.

Wheatly & Mason by L. Patten Mason, Beaufort, for defendant appellant.


MOORE, Justice.

Defendant first asserts that the trial court erred in admitting into evidence incriminating statements made by defendant to the investigating officer at the scene of the accident.

Defendant was arrested for public drunkenness by Patrolman Askew and placed in the patrol car. He was then advised of his constitutional rights as required by Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436, 86 S.Ct. 1602, 16 L.Ed.2d 694 (1966), and...

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