STATE v. TORRES

No. 316A90.

412 S.E.2d 20 (1992)

330 N.C. 517

STATE of North Carolina v. Georgia Jackson TORRES.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

January 10, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lacy H. Thornburg, Atty. Gen., by Steven R. Bryant, Sp. Deputy Atty. Gen., Raleigh for State.

Malcolm Ray Hunter, Jr., Appellate Defender by Daniel R. Pollitt, Asst. Appellate Defender, Raleigh, for defendant-appellant.

Michelle F. Robertson, for amicus curiae N.C. Ass'n of Women Attys.


FRYE, Justice.

While in police custody awaiting questioning about the shooting death of her twenty-nine-year-old husband, defendant asked sheriff officials whether she needed an attorney. She was told she did not. A short time later, defendant was read her Miranda rights and agreed to make a statement. The statement, in which defendant confessed to shooting her husband, was introduced at trial over defendant's objection. Defendant now petitions this Court for...

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