HUDSON, Justice.
¶ 1 Here we must decide whether a criminal defendant forfeits her Fifth Amendment right to silence when she gives pretrial notice of her intent to offer the affirmative defense of duress under N.C.G.S. § 15A-905(c)(1). We conclude that the defendant does not forfeit that right, and that regardless, the State may not preemptively...
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