Legal Opinion
State v. Coffey
Court of Appeals of North Carolina
Decided January 3, 1984No. 8310SC258 and 8320SC331PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PHILLIPS, Judge.
In contending that his motion to suppress should have been allowed, defendant maintains that his detention and that of the airplane by the Wake County officers at the Raleigh-Durham Airport before he was formally arrested constituted an unlawful seizure in violation of the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution. The State responds that no seizure occurred until the defendant was formally arrested at 5:10 a.m. In our opinion neither party is correct.
The Fourth Amendment provides: “The right of people to be secure in their persons . . . against unreasonable searches…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- United States v. MendenhallSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Beck v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Chambers v. MaroneySupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- State v. AhearnSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1983
- State v. ThompsonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1983
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3Cited by6 opinions
- State v. RiggsSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1991
- State v. NicholsonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 2018
- State v. PipkinsSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1994
- State v. WallCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1989
- State v. KimbrellCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1987
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