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STATE v. GAULDIN

No. 7918SC564.

259 S.E.2d 779 (1979)

44 N.C. App. 19

STATE of North Carolina v. Michael Wayne GAULDIN.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

November 20, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. Rufus L. Edmisten by Asst. Atty. Gen. Richard L. Griffin, Raleigh, for the State.

A. Wayne Harrison, Greensboro, for defendant-appellant.

ARNOLD, Judge.

The sole issue on this appeal is whether the warrantless search of the suitcase was unlawful, making inadmissible the marijuana found inside. In determining this issue, we begin from the premise set out in Katz v. United States, 389 U.S. 347, 357, 88 S.Ct. 507, 514, 19 L.Ed.2d 576, 585 (1967), and reaffirmed in Coolidge v. New Hampshire, 403 U.S. 443, 454-55, 91 S.Ct. 2022...

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