North Carolina v. Wrenn

Mr. Justice White, with whom The Chief Justice joins,

dissenting from the denial of certiorari.

Respondent was convicted in a North Carolina state court of a narcotics violation. Evidence used against him at trial was seized under a search warrant issued by a magistrate on an affidavit which was sustained at trial after an evidentiary hearing out of the presence of a jury. The conviction was affirmed on direct appeal, and this Court denied certiorari, 405 U. S. 1064 (1972), but the conviction was invalidated by the United States District Court when it granted respondent’s petition for a writ of…