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STATE v. COOKE

No. 8026SC1173.

282 S.E.2d 800 (1981)

STATE of North Carolina v. Donald Dale COOKE.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

October 6, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. Rufus L. Edmisten by Sp. Deputy Atty. Gen. Richard N. League, Raleigh, for the appellant State.

J. Marshall Haywood and James H. Carson, Jr., Charlotte, for defendant-appellee.

BECTON, Judge.

The State's only assignment of error is that the trial judge erred in suppressing the evidence found in defendant's suitcase. The State argues that probable cause and exigent circumstances existed for the law enforcement officers1 to search Cooke's suitcase without a warrant. In addition, the State contends that defendant Cooke had no legitimate expectation of privacy in the suitcase...

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