STATE v. MATHIS

No. 85.

247 S.E.2d 919 (1978)

295 N.C. 623

STATE of North Carolina v. Dennis Dean MATHIS.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

October 17, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rufus L. Edmisten, Atty. Gen., by Donald W. Grimes, Associate Atty., Raleigh, for the State.

Michael S. Scofield, Public Defender, Grant Smithson, Asst. Public Defender, Charlotte, for defendant-appellant.


EXUM, Justice.

Defendant's assignments of error challenge (1) the admissibility of a sawed-off rifle obtained as a result of an allegedly unconstitutional search of an automobile, and (2) the admission of testimony concerning identifications of defendant at a showup and a lineup, both of which he claims were tainted by his allegedly illegal arrest. We find no merit in either assignment and no error in the trial.

The State's evidence tended to show that Jewel...

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