State v. Stone

DELAHANTY, Justice.

The defendant was convicted of second degree homicide 1 after a jury trial held in Superior Court, Cumberland County. 2 The questions presented on this appeal arise from the admission at that trial of an incriminating statement made by the defendant while in police custody. We are urged to hold that the admission of the statement violated the defendant’s fifth and sixth amendment rights under the Constitution of the United States.

After a careful review of the record, we find no error in the presiding Justice’s decision, entered after a lengthy suppression hearing, to admit…