State v. Edwards

PARKER, Judge.

Defendants first assign error to the denial of their motions to suppress evidence seized from their home on 10 January 1985. The items were seized pursuant to a search warrant issued by a Nash County magistrate. The grounds for defendants’ motions were: (i) that there was not sufficient probable cause for the warrant to be issued; (ii) that the actual search exceeded the scope authorized by the warrant; and (iii) that the warrant was served in an improper manner.

The trial court conducted a hearing on the motions to suppress pursuant to G.S. 15A-977. At the conclusion of this…