State v. Rogers
Supreme Court of North Carolina
1Opinion of the Court
MARTIN, Chief Justice.
*152 **398 During a drug investigation, law enforcement officers pulled defendant over and discovered two bags of crack cocaine hidden behind the gas-cap door of the car that he was driving. After the trial court denied defendant's motion to dismiss, defendant was convicted of, among other things, keeping or maintaining a vehicle which is used for the keeping or selling of controlled substances. We hold that it can reasonably be inferred from the evidence at trial, when viewed in the light most favorable to the State, that defendant had kept the car that he was driving, and…
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