STATE v. McLAUGHLIN

No. 240A85.

340 S.E.2d 102 (1986)

STATE of North Carolina v. Alexander McLAUGHLIN.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

March 5, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lacy H. Thornburg, Atty. Gen. by David R. Minges, Asst. Atty. Gen., Raleigh, for the State.

Ferguson, Watt, Wallas & Adkins, P.A. by James E. Ferguson, II, Charlotte, for defendant-appellant.


MITCHELL, Justice.

The defendant brings forward assignments of error in which he contends that the trial court erred in admitting an accomplice's confession under the North Carolina Rules of Evidence, N.C.G.S. § 8C-1, Rule 804(b)(5) (Cum.Supp.1985), and that the trial court erred in refusing to give the defendant's requested special instruction regarding the accomplice's confession. We conclude that the trial court erred in admitting the accomplice's confession...

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