State v. Andrews

277 S.E.2d 857 (1981)

STATE of North Carolina

v.

Merrill Lane ANDREWS.

No. 8010SC1107.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

May 19, 1981.

Atty. Gen. Rufus L. Edmisten by Asst. Atty. Gen. Thomas F. Moffitt, Raleigh, for the State.

Dean & Dean by Joseph W. Dean and Christine Witcover Dean, Raleigh, for defendant-appellant.

HARRY C. MARTIN, Judge.

Defendant urges prejudicial error was committed in four respects in his trial. We discuss them separately.

First, defendant contends the court erred in denying his motion to suppress as evidence the bag and its contents. He insists there was no probable cause for…