State v. Primes

EXUM, Justice.

Defendant by this appeal presents three issues for determination: (1) Whether certain evidence was seized from defendant, a prisoner, during a period in which he was unlawfully detained, in violation of the Fourth Amendment of the Federal Constitution 1 or in violation of certain North Carolina statutes; (2) whether the court erred in denying defendant’s motion for mistrial, and (3) whether the court erred in denying defendant’s motion to dismiss. We answer these questions in the negative and find no error in defendant’s trial.

I

The evidence offered by the state tended to show…