State v. Myers

The defendant in this case was tried for the felonies of breaking and entering into, and larceny from East Carolina Supply Company warehouse in Washington County, North Carolina. The decisions of the Virginia trial courts suppressing the evidence and holding the search warrant void, while persuasive, are not binding on the North Carolina courts. To be competent here, the evidence must meet the North Carolina tests of admissibility. However, Virginia decisions and ours do not seem to be out of harmony on the question of the citizen’s right to be protected from unwarranted searches and…