Legal Opinion

State v. Witherspoon

Court of Appeals of North Carolina

Decided June 1, 1993No. 9226SC279PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

EAGLES, Judge.

Defendant brings forward three assignments of error. In his first two assignments of error, defendant contends that there was a lack of probable cause to support the magistrate’s issuance of the search warrant because of the “insufficiency of reliable information provided by a ‘concerned citizen’ ” and because of the “staleness of [the] information.” In his last assignment of error, defendant argues that the trial court erred by failing to suppress the evidence “after applying a ‘totality of circumstances’ test to the information provided to the magistrate.” After a careful…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Illinois v. GatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  2. United States v. LeonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  3. Aguilar v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  4. Andresen v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  5. Rugendorf v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1964

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. State v. ParsonCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 2016
  2. State v. JacksonCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 2016
  3. State v. BentersCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 2013
  4. State v. HinsonCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 2010
  5. State v. FosterCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 2019

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