State v. Tickle

WEBB, Judge.

Defendant contends that information from a previously unknown informant is not sufficient to constitute probable cause for a warrantless search of an automobile unless the informant also relates facts which show he is reliable and his information dependable. See Aguilar v. Texas, 378 U.S. 108, 84 S.Ct. 1509, 12 L.Ed. 2d 723 (1964); State v. Gibson, 32 N.C. App. 584, 233 S.E. 2d 84 (1977); State v. Beddard, 35 N.C. App. 212, 241 S.E. 2d 83 (1978). We will assume for argument, without deciding, that the Aguilar standards apply in determining probable cause for a war-rantless search…