Legal Opinion
State v. Blackwelder
Court of Appeals of North Carolina
Decided November 2, 1977No. 7712SC394PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CLARK, Judge.
The State assigns as error the court’s order to suppress the evidence on the grounds that seizure of the contraband was a violation of the defendant’s constitutional Fourth Amendment protection against illegal searches and seizures.
The State contends first that Agent Mills had a right to stop the car and remove the driver pursuant to G.S. § 20483(a), which reads in pertinent part:
“It shall be the duty of the law-enforcement officers of this State ... to see that the provisions of this Article are enforced within their respective jurisdictions, and any such officer shall have the…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Coolidge v. New HampshireSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Carroll v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
- Sibron v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Dyke v. Taylor Implement Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1968
- State v. AllenSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1973
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3Cited by9 opinions
- State v. PrevetteCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1979
- State v. TrapperCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1980
- State v. BraxtonCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1988
- State v. WynnCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1980
- State v. GreenCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1991
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