STATE v. WOODS

No. 13423.

206 S.E.2d 509 (1974)

STATE of West Virginia v. Teletha Dorothy WOODS.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

July 9, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morton & Garrett, William C. Garrett, Albert L. Sommerville, Jr., Webster Springs, for plaintiff in error.

Chauncey H. Browning, Jr., Atty. Gen., Richard E. Hardison, Deputy Atty. Gen., David P. Cleek, Asst. Atty. Gen., Charleston, W. Va., for defendant in error.


1. It is not unlawful to search the handbag of a suspect at the time of incarceration without a search warrant, when she was in custody for two hours between a lawful arrest and the incarceration, where the arresting officer was acting in good faith and the circumstances at the time of arrest made it impractical to conduct the search at that time.

2. When a person, who has been arrested and incarcerated, voluntarily gives a statement to the arresting officer, after...

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