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STATE v. STEPTOE

No. 8.

252 S.E.2d 707 (1979)

296 N.C. 711

STATE of North Carolina v. Willie William STEPTOE.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

March 16, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rufus L. Edmisten, Atty. Gen. by T. Michael Todd, Associate Atty. Gen., Raleigh, for the State.

Ernest B. Fullwood, Wilmington, for defendant appellant.

HUSKINS, Justice:

Defendant challenges the competency of his incriminating statement on the ground that it was obtained in violation of his constitutional rights delineated in Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436, 86 S.Ct. 1602, 16 L.Ed.2d 694 (1966). We first examine the governing principles enunciated in that case.

As a constitutional prerequisite to the admissibility of statements obtained from an accused during custodial...

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