State v. . Lance

HOKE and WALKER, J. J., dissenting. Exception 1 cannot be sustained. Statements made to an officer are not incompetent merely because the defendant is at the time in custody or in jail, when they are made without threat or inducement. S. v. Jones,145 N.C. 466; S. v. Bohanon, 142 N.C. 695; S. v. Horner, 139 N.C. 603; S.v. Exum, 138 N.C. 600.

Exception 2. It was not error for the court to refuse to recite a long statement of contentions prepared by prisoner's counsel, when the court stated fully the contentions which were supported by the testimony. If the court had failed to state any…