STATE v. SILHAN

No. 30.

247 S.E.2d 902 (1978)

295 N.C. 636

STATE of North Carolina v. Stephen Karl SILHAN.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

October 17, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. Rufus L. Edmisten by Asst. Atty. Gen. Joan H. Byers, Raleigh, for the State.

Public Defender Mary Ann Tally, Fayetteville, for defendant.


COPELAND, Justice.

We have reviewed the State's contention that Judge Clark erred in suppressing from evidence the defendant's oral statements made to Detectives Conerly and Byrd on 14 October 1977. We conclude that the judge was correct in allowing the defendant's motion.

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