STATE v. SILVER

No. 35.

213 S.E.2d 247 (1975)

286 N.C. 709

STATE of North Carolina v. Frank James SILVER.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

April 14, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. Rufus L. Edmisten by Asst. Attys. Gen. William W. Melvin and William B. Ray, Raleigh, for the State.

Lawrence G. Diedrick, Rocky Mount, for defendant.


BRANCH, Justice.

The principal question presented by this appeal is whether the trial judge erred in admitting into evidence defendant's custodial confession.

This record clearly discloses that the trial judge based his conclusions of law upon facts found on the basis of evidence related solely to events which took place on 22 December 1973. If we were restricted to consideration of evidence elicited solely on voir dire, the trial judge's findings would...

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