STATE v. BUCHANAN

No. 190A00.

543 S.E.2d 823 (2001)

STATE of North Carolina v. Rodney Dale BUCHANAN.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

April 6, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael F. Easley, Attorney General, by William P. Hart, Special Deputy Attorney General, for the State-appellant.

Richard B. Schultz and Edgar F. Bogle, Gastonia, for defendant-appellee.


LAKE, Chief Justice.

Defendant was arrested on 2 July 1997 by Gaston County police for the 24 June 1997 murders of Ronald Hoyle and Maria Pressley and was subsequently indicted on 4 August 1997 for two counts of first-degree murder. On 31 January 2000, defendant filed a motion to suppress his pretrial statements to detectives based on the assertions that defendant was "in custody" at the time the statements were given, defendant was not advised of his constitutional...

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