STATE v. WHITEHEAD

No. 791SC274.

257 S.E.2d 131 (1979)

42 N.C. App. 506

STATE of North Carolina v. Barry Lee WHITEHEAD.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

August 7, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. Rufus L. Edmisten, by Special Deputy Atty. Gen. John R. B. Matthis and Asst. Atty. Gen. Acie L. Ward, Raleigh, for the State.

Aldridge, Seawell & Khoury, by Christopher L. Seawell, Manteo, for defendant appellant.


MORRIS, Chief Judge.

The primary question presented by defendant's appeal concerns whether evidence and inculpatory statements obtained from the defendant after his arrest should have been suppressed. Defendant contends that his detention by the Tyrrell County deputy for nearly an hour constituted an arrest, that the deputy did not have probable cause to believe a crime had been committed and that defendant had committed that crime, and that, therefore, his statements...

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