State v. Kornegay

BRANCH, Chief Justice.

I

Defendant assigns as error the court’s denial of his motion to suppress the documentary evidence that agents of the State Bureau of Investigation obtained from Elnora Whetsell prior to the issuance of search warrants. Defendant contends that when Mrs. Whetsell, without a warrant, handed over copies of his business and personal records to the State that she was acting as an agent of the State and thereby violated his right to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures under the fourth and fourteenth amendments to the United States Constitution. We hold that Mrs.…