State v. Clay

BRANCH, Justice.

The State contends that the Court of Appeals incorrectly decided that the trial judge erred in admitting defendant’s in-culpatory statement into evidence.

Pursuant to defendant’s motion to suppress this statement, the trial judge correctly conducted a voir dire hearing. After hearing testimony from Officer Barrow and defendant, the trial judge, inter alia, made the following findings of fact:

That again at approximately 3:10 a.m. Officer Barrow and Officer Perry returned to the Clay residence, having been to the Alamance County Hospital to determine the status of the victim, and…