STATE v. MATTHEWS

No. 786SC883.

251 S.E.2d 897 (1979)

STATE of North Carolina v. Thelton Benjamin MATTHEWS.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

February 20, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. Rufus L. Edmisten by Asst. Atty. Gen. William B. Ray and Deputy Atty. Gen. William W. Melvin, Raleigh, for the State.

Rosbon D. B. Whedbee, Whedbee & Riddick, Murfreesboro, for defendant appellant.


ARNOLD, Judge.

Defendant contends that the charges against him should have been dismissed because his arrest was illegal and unconstitutional. He argues that the Ahoskie policemen arrested him outside their territorial jurisdiction, that Trooper Banks had no probable cause to make an arrest, and that there was no probable cause determination by a judicial officer after his arrest.

G.S. 15A-402(c) sets the territorial jurisdiction for arrests by city policemen...

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