STATE v. ALEXANDER

No. 69.

184 S.E.2d 274 (1971)

279 N.C. 527

STATE of North Carolina v. Rickey Stevenson ALEXANDER and Grady Wilson.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

November 10, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lila Bellar and George S. Daly, Jr., Charlotte, for defendant appellants.

Robert Morgan, Atty. Gen., I. Beverly Lake, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., and Ronald M. Price, Raleigh, Staff Atty., for the State of North Carolina.


HUSKINS, Justice:

Defendants' first assignment of error is based on the contention that their warrantless arrest was made without probable cause and therefore illegal.

G.S. § 15-41, in pertinent part, provides: "A peace officer may without warrant arrest a person: * * * (2) When the officer has reasonable ground to believe that the person to be arrested has committed a felony and will evade arrest if not immediately taken into custody." In order to justify...

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