State v. Leak

SMITH, Judge.

Prior to trial, defendant made a motion to suppress any statement made by him to law enforcement officers during a custodial interrogation. Defendant’s sole assignment of error is that the trial court erred in denying his motion. We disagree.

The State’s evidence offered at the suppression hearing tends to show that the crimes for which defendant stands convicted were committed on 15 March 1987. In the late afternoon of 18 March 1987 following an extensive manhunt, several law enforcement officers of the Randolph County Sheriffs Department (RCSD) and the State Bureau of…