STATE v. MARTIN

No. 14.

242 S.E.2d 762 (1978)

STATE of North Carolina v. Ernest MARTIN.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

April 17, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rufus L. Edmisten, Atty. Gen., by Charles M. Hensey, Asst. Atty. Gen., Raleigh, for the State.

Herbert B. Hulse, Goldsboro, for defendant-appellant.


BRANCH, Justice.

Defendant contends that the trial judge erred by admitting into evidence statements made by defendant before he was given the Miranda warnings.

Pursuant to the defendant's motion to suppress evidence of statements made by him to police officers, a voir dire hearing was held before the jury was empaneled. The State offered the testimony of S.B.I. Agent William Thompson and Officers Ronnie Thigpen and James L. Sasser which tended...

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