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STATE v. HARPER

No. 294.

72 S.E.2d 871 (1952)

236 N.C. 371

STATE v. HARPER.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

October 29, 1952.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry McMullan, Atty. Gen., Ralph Moody, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Charles G. Powell, Jr., Member of Staff, Raleigh, for the State.

K. A. Pittman, Snow Hill, for defendant-appellant.

VALENTINE, Justice.

This appeal presents the single question: Did the court commit error in overruling defendant's motion to suppress the evidence of the officers who, without the use of a search warrant, discovered illegal liquor in the backseat and boot of defendant's car?

G.S. § 18-6 provides: "nothing in this section shall be construed to authorize any officer to search any automobile or other vehicle or baggage of any person without a search warrant...

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