State v. Tarantino

The defendant has at no time contended in the present case that any step in either the search for or the seizure of his marijuana violated any provision of the Constitution of North Carolina or any statute. Instead, the defendant raises only the federal question of whether the trial court was required to suppress the evidence concerning the marijuana seized from his building, because probable cause for the search warrant was obtained in violation of the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.

The majority relies upon the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in…