State v. Wooten

MARTIN, Judge.

Defendant’s first and second assignments of error are directed to the voir dire examination conducted by the court to determine the legality and constitutionality of the search of defendant in the parking lot and the admissibility of the articles seized during the search and the heroin later obtained from the floor of the police station.

On the voir dire the State offered evidence tending to show: At approximately 6:00 p.m. on 7 July 1976 State Bureau of Investigation Agent Steven G. Surratt and Goldsboro Police Officer David F. Cloutier met with a confidential informant in the…