STATEMENT OF THE CASE

Brown, 112 N.C. App. 390,.436 S.E. 2d 163, 166 (1993), citing State v. Fincher, 309 N.C. 1, 305 S.E. 2d 685 (1983). At a hearing on the motion, the State bears the burden of proving by a preponderance of the evidence that the defendant made a knowing and intelligent waiver … ................
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