STATE v. STURGILL

No. COA95-743.

469 S.E.2d 557 (1996)

121 N.C. App. 629

STATE of North Carolina v. Dennis Leo STURGILL, Defendant.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

March 5, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Attorney General Michael F. Easley by Assistant Attorney General J. Philip Allen, for State.

C. Orville Light, Eden, for defendant.


SMITH, Judge.

The central issue on appeal is whether any remedy is available to defendant, who detrimentally relied on a police promise not to prosecute him, which promise was broken. In this case, the police promised defendant that he would not be prosecuted as an habitual felon if defendant gave information relevant to his involvement in five break-ins. Based on this offer, defendant provided police with self-incriminating statements pertinent to the break-ins....

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