State v. Edwards

BRANCH, Justice.

The Court of Appeals correctly decided that the trial judge properly considered a photostatic copy of the original search warrant for the purpose of passing upon the validity of the original.- The State’s evidence disclosed that the original search warrant was lost, and in our opinion the introduction of the photostatic copy of the original provided plenary evidence both of the contents of the original and of regularity on its face. See State v. Cobb, 250 N.C. 234, 108 S.E. 2d 237; State v, McMilliam, 243 N.C. 771, 92 S.E. 2d 202.

Defendant’s argument that the evidence…