State v. Strickland

The question presented for decision by this appeal is whether the North Carolina Court of Appeals erred in holding that sound motion pictures, taken of defendant approximately two hours after he was alleged to have operated an automobile upon the public highways of North Carolina while under the influence of intoxicating liquor, were properly admitted into evidence.

Defendant contends that the use of the sound moving pictures violated his 'Fifth Amendment privilege guaranteeing that a person cannot be “compelled in a criminal case to be a witness against himself” and the guarantee of Article…