STATE v. GWALTNEY

No. 7611SC419.

228 S.E.2d 764 (1976)

STATE of North Carolina v. Barbara Blackman GWALTNEY.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

October 20, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. Rufus L. Edmisten by Sp. Deputy Atty. Gen. John M. Silverstein, Raleigh, for the State.

Barnes, Braswell & Haithcock, P.A., by Michael A. Ellis, Goldsboro, for defendant.


BROCK, Chief Judge.

Defendant argues that the failure of the investigating officer to advise defendant of her Miranda rights before questioning her at the hospital renders her admission that she was driving the automobile inadmissible and that since this was the only evidence of who was driving, the arrest of defendant was unconstitutional.

The findings by the trial court on voir dire accurately sum up the situation:

". . . that the...

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