McGee v. State

OPINION

BUSSEY, Judge:

On appeal from a conviction of Larceny of a Motor Vehicle, in Johnston County District Court, Case No. CRF-79-42, wherein punishment was set at seven (7) years’ imprisonment with three (3) years suspended, appellant, Harold McGee, argues in his single assignment of error that evidence should have been suppressed due to the invalidity of a search warrant.

In the first of a four part argument, the appellant contends that the affidavit upon which the warrant was premised fails to establish the reliability of the informant. This assignment is not meritorious. Unlike the cases…