State v. Connley

SHARP,' Chief Justice.

Defendánt Connley was indicted under N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15-144 (1978) for the murder of Garland W. Fisher, a Virginia State patrolman, at a roadblock on Interstate Highway No. 85 on 15 November 1976. At the 14 March 1977 special criminal session of GRANVILLE the jury returned á verdict of guilty of first degree murder, and defendant was sentenced to life imprisonment.

Upon defendant’s appeal to this Court we ordered a new trial on the ground that defendant’s incriminating statements, made during his in-custody interrogation on the night of the homicide, were improperly…