State v. Lombardo

HEDRICK, Judge.

The sole question presented by this appeal is whether the superior court erred in granting defendant’s motion to suppress dated 25 February 1980. We note at the outset that our decision makes it unnecessary for us to discuss whether the Fourth Amendment exclusionary rule is applicable in probation revocation hearings in this State.

A motion to suppress evidence in the superior court must be in writing and must state the grounds upon which it is made. G.S. § 15A-977(a). The motion to suppress made by defendant in the present case in the superior court of this State was indeed in…