State v. Lindquist

HEDRICK, Judge.

The defendant first contends that “the Court committed error in allowing into evidence the results of the search of the defendant’s automobile by Officer Pilgreen.”

“The owner of the premises may consent to a search thereof and thus waive the necessity of a valid search warrant so as to render the evidence obtained in the search competent. State v. Colson, supra, (274 N.C. 295, 163 S.E. 2d 376, cert. den. 393 U.S. 1087); State v. Moore, supra, (240 N.C. 749, 83 S.E. 2d 912). To have such effect, the consent of the owner must be freely and intelligently given without coercion,…