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STATE v. BLACKWELL

No. 578.

99 S.E.2d 867 (1957)

246 N.C. 642

STATE v. Otis Raymond BLACKWELL.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

September 25, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. George B. Patton and Asst. Atty. Gen. Claude L. Love, for the State.

Harriss H. Jarrell, High Point, and Sim A. DeLapp, Lexington, for defendant, appellee.

JOHNSON, Justice.

It is elemental that a warrant of arrest may be issued only by an officer authorized by law to do so. State v. McGowan, 243 N.C. 431, 90 S.E.2d 703; 22 C.J.S. Criminal Law § 318, p. 470.

The power to issue warrants is conferred generally upon certain designated judicial officers and other persons by G.S. § 15-18. Other judicial officers are authorized to issue warrants...

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