State v. Rollins

McGEE, Judge.

Defendant was indicted on charges of first-degree murder, first-degree kidnapping, robbery with a dangerous weapon, and breaking or entering on 2 February 2004. Defendant filed a motion to suppress on 13 September 2004 and an affidavit in support of that motion on 15 September 2004. Defendant sought to suppress all statements he had made to his wife, Tolvi Rollins, on several grounds, including (a) “the statements . . . constitute confidential marital communications under N.C. Gen. Stat. § 8-57(c)” and (b) the statements were involuntary pursuant to the Fourteenth Amendment of…