State v. Lawson

HEDRICK, Judge.

Seven of defendant’s assignments of error, in effect, serve to raise only one issue: Did the court err in admitting into evidence over defendant’s objection defendant’s inculpatory statements made to the highway patrolman at the scene after the defendant had been arrested for public drunkenness?

When the State proposed to offer into evidence the defendant’s incriminating statements, the defendant objected, and the *173trial court, following the accepted practice, conducted a voir dire into the circumstances surrounding the challenged statements. State v. McRae, 276 N.C. 308, 172…