STATE v. DIXON

No. 8527SC682.

336 S.E.2d 3 (1985)

STATE of North Carolina v. Roger Dale DIXON.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

November 19, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. Lacy H. Thornburg by Asst. Atty. Gen. Newton G. Pritchett, Jr., Raleigh, for the State.

Acting Appellate Defender Malcolm Ray Hunter, Jr. by Asst. Appellate Defender Robin E. Hudson, Raleigh, for defendant-appellant.


ARNOLD, Judge.

The sole issue presented for review is whether the court erred in admitting the defendant's custodial statement into evidence. Defendant argues that while the procedural formalities were followed in obtaining a waiver of rights, this waiver should be held invalid because it was not knowingly, intelligently and voluntarily made. Defendant bases this contention upon the fact that he had an I.Q. of 66, and had a memory problem. That the police

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