STATE v. KEARNS

No. 7520SC43.

213 S.E.2d 358 (1975)

25 N.C. App. 445

STATE of North Carolina v. James Earnest KEARNS.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

April 16, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. Rufus L. Edmisten by Associate Atty. David S. Crump, Raleigh, for the State.

Joe P. McCollum, Jr., Monroe, for defendant appellant.


HEDRICK, Judge.

The sole question argued by defendant on this appeal is whether the trial court erred in allowing an S.B.I. agent to testify for the State as to an alleged confession made by the defendant in view of the fact that the agent was not present during the entire interrogation during which the defendant purportedly confessed to the crime charged.

Upon defendant's objection the trial court conducted a voir dire hearing in the absence of the jury to...

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