State v. Blackmon

HUSKINS, Justice.

Defendant assigns as error the admission of his inculpatory statements made while in custody and without benefit of counsel. He contends the incriminating statements are inadmissible because he was indigent at the time, charged with a capital offense, and had not waived his constitutional right to the presence and assistance of counsel. He relies on G.S. 7A-457 (a) as interpreted and applied in State v. Lynch, 279 N.C. 1, 181 S.E. 2d 561 (1971), and on Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436, 16 L.Ed. 2d 694, 86 S.Ct. 1602 (1966), as interpreted and applied by this Court in State v.…