MORRIS, Judge.
Defendants assign as prejudicial error the trial court's finding, in the presence of the jury, that a confession was made "freely and voluntarily". They assert that such a finding in the jury's presence amounted to an expression of opinion on the evidence in violation of G.S. 1-180. The State concedes there was a technical violation of the statute, but argues that, considering the entire record, the error was not prejudicial. The State correctly points...
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