State v. Young

In State v. Young, 65 N.C. App. 346, 347, 309 S.E.2d 268, 269 (1983), the police confronted the defendant with a brown paper bag containing a concealed pocketbook containing controlled substances, and asked the following: Officer: "I wonder whose this is." Defendant: "It ain't mine. You didn't get it from me." Officer: "I wonder whose this is." Defendant: "It ain't mine." Officer: "It's yours or Duke's one." Defendant: "It's mine, I'm not going to get Duke in trouble." Id. The trial court concluded the exchange between the officer and defendant was interrogation.