State v. Little

The only assignment of error carried forward and discussed in defendant’s brief is to the effect that the court committed prejudicial error in failing to sustain his motion to suppress certain evidence as having been obtained as the result of an unlawful search and seizure, in violation of the Fourth Amendment to the Federal Constitution and Article I, section 15, of the North Carolina Constitution.

The State offered evidence tending to show these facts: Howard Pope owns and operates a filling station and general store located ten miles north of Hillsborough on Highway #86. He closed his store…