STATE v. THOMPSON

No. 775SC1064.

246 S.E.2d 827 (1978)

STATE of North Carolina v. Howard Keith THOMPSON, Jimmie Dale Hardee.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

August 29, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. Rufus L. Edmisten by Associate Atty. Gen. Lucien Capone, III, Raleigh, for the State.

Parker, Rice & Myles by William G. Hussmann, Jr., Wilmington, for defendant appellant Thompson.

Burney, Burney, Barefoot & Bain by Roy C. Bain, Wilmington, for defendant appellant Hardee.


BRITT, Judge.

Both defendants contend the court erred in admitting into evidence the tinfoil-wrapped packages of hashish seized from the recessed tray beneath the dashboard of the van. They argue that the seizure was not made pursuant to a search warrant, nor was it justified by a probable cause-exigent circumstances exception to the warrant requirement or by the "plain-view" doctrine. We find no merit in this contention.

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