Legal Opinion
State v. Prevette
Court of Appeals of North Carolina
Decided January 16, 1979No. 788SC753PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MARTIN (Harry C.), Judge.
These appeals result from proceedings under N.C.G.S. 15A-979(b). The evidence produced at the hearing on the motions to suppress tended to show that quantities of marijuana were seized by law enforcement officers in the house, barn, other outbuildings, and from the open fields of property referred to as “Wood’s Dairy Farm” in Lenoir County. The officers did not have a search warrant. Defendants Grimes, Prevette, and Stafford were arrested in the house. St. John was arrested in a cornfield, after apparently fleeing from the house. Sutton was arrested in his truck as he…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- Young v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
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3Cited by29 opinions
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