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STATE v. RATLIFF

No. 43.

189 S.E.2d 179 (1972)

281 N.C. 397

STATE of North Carolina v. John R. RATLIFF.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

June 16, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Godwin Taylor, Asst. Public Defender, for the defendant-appellant.

Robert Morgan, Atty. Gen., William F. O'Connell, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State of North Carolina.

HUSKINS, Justice.

Defendant's first, second and third assignments of error are based on the contention that the warrantless search of his automobile was illegal. Hence, defendant argues, the fruits of the search were tainted and inadmissible as evidence against him.

Unreasonable searches and seizures are prohibited by the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. Since the decision in Mapp v. Ohio, 367 U.S. 643

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