State v. Bates

ARNOLD, Judge.

Before the State offered evidence in this case, defendant made a motion, pursuant to G.S. 15A-975(b), to suppress the introduction into evidence of the pistol and the paper bag containing approximately $70. The trial court heard evidence by both the State and the defendant and found facts as follows:

“1. That on September 4, 1977, Deputy Sheriff Provost of the Jones County Sheriff’s Department went to the residence of Mary Jones in Jones County at approximately three o’clock a.m.

“2. That at the time of arriving at the mobile home of Mary Jones, Deputy Sheriff Provost had three…