State v. Matthews

ARNOLD, Judge.

Defendant contends that the charges against him should have been dismissed because his arrest was illegal and unconstitutional. He argues that the Ahoskie policemen arrested him outside their territorial jurisdiction, that Trooper Banks had no probable cause to make an arrest, and that there was no probable cause determination by a judicial officer after his arrest.

G.S. 15A-402(c) sets the territorial jurisdiction for arrests by city policemen at one mile outside the city limit. The evidence here is uncontradicted that defendant was stopped by the Ahos- kie policemen more than…