State v. Washington

MARTIN (Harry C.), Judge.

Defendant assigns as error the denial of his motion to suppress the confession. We hold that, the confession was properly admitted into evidence at trial. The trial court’s findings with respect to the voluntariness of a confession, if supported by competent evidence in the record, are conclusive. State v. Barber, 278 N.C. 268, 179 S.E. 2d 404 (1971); State v. Fox, 277 N.C. 1, 175 S.E. 2d 561 (1970); State v. Hawley, 54 N.C. App. 293, 283 S.E. 2d 387 (1981), disc. rev. denied, 305 N.C. 305 (1982). Officers Murphy and Smith testified at the suppression hearing. The…