STATE v. SMITH

No. 8016SC485.

271 S.E.2d 86 (1980)

STATE of North Carolina v. Willie SMITH.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

October 21, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. Rufus L. Edmisten by Sp. Deputy Atty. Gen. Edwin M. Speas, Jr., Raleigh, for the State.

Gordon & Horne by John H. Horne, Jr., Laurinburg, for defendant-appellant.


ROBERT M. MARTIN, Judge.

Defendant argues that the trial court erred in denying his motion to suppress the confession he made to the police. He argues that he made the statement after being confronted with an incriminating statement made by his co-defendant, Leo Pegues, who had been arrested without probable cause. He further argues that because Pegues' statement was illegally obtained and therefore inadmissible, any evidence obtained by use of that statement, including...

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