State v. Carter

Three issues are presented upon this appeal:

1. Should the trial judge have, upon motion by the defendant, disqualified himself from conducting the hearing on remand to determine the admissibility of the defendant’s confession ?

2. Should this court make an independent, de novo, determination of the voluntariness of the defendant’s confession on review of the findings of the trial court after hearing?

3. Was the defendant’s confession properly admitted into evidence against him at trial ?

The defendant contends that certain remarks made by the trial judge after verdict and before sentencing…