State v. Andrews

COPELAND, Justice.

Defendant contends that the Court of Appeals erred in failing to reverse his convictions or order a new trial. Our recent decision in State v. Perry, 305 N.C. 225, 287 S.E. 2d 810 (1982), requires us to vacate defendant’s conviction for felonious possession of stolen property. In all other respects, however, we affirm the Court of Appeals.

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Defendant argues that all of the evidence seized from his car should have been suppressed at trial because neither his arrest nor the subsequent vehicular search was accompanied by probable cause to believe that he had committed a crime.…