STATE v. ADAMS

No. 65.

178 S.E.2d 72 (1970)

277 N.C. 427

STATE of North Carolina v. Jerry Alford ADAMS.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

December 16, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. Robert Morgan, Asst. Attys. Gen. T. Buie Costen, and William W. Melvin, for the State.

Hatch, Little, Bunn, Jones & Liggett by Thomas D. Bunn, Raleigh, for defendant.


BRANCH, Justice:

The sole question presented for decision is whether defendant was coerced into entering a plea of nolo contendere to second degree murder in order to avoid the possibility of capital punishment and thereby was deprived of his constitutional rights to trial by jury, to confront his accusers, and his constitutional privilege against compulsory self-incrimination.

Defendant contends that he has never admitted his guilt because he had no recollection...

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