STATE v. HUNTER

No. 73.

286 S.E.2d 535 (1982)

STATE of North Carolina v. Dwayne Tyrone HUNTER.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

January 27, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rufus L. Edmisten, Atty. Gen. by David Roy Blackwell, Asst. Atty. Gen., Raleigh, for the State.

Malcolm R. Hunter, Jr., Asst. Appellate Defender, Raleigh, for defendant-appellant.


BRANCH, Chief Justice.

Defendant assigns as error the trial judge's ruling admitting into evidence the incriminating statement made by him to police officers.

In support of this assignment of error, defendant first argues that his confession and the seizure of the knife were inadmissible into evidence because they were tainted by a warrantless and illegal arrest.

When defense counsel requested a voir dire hearing, the trial judge properly excused the...

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