STATE v. GREENWOOD

No. 152.

273 S.E.2d 438 (1981)

STATE of North Carolina v. Michael Barxley GREENWOOD.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

January 6, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rufus L. Edmisten, Atty. Gen. by William R. Shenton, Associate Atty. Gen., Raleigh, for the State, appellant.

Robert L. McClellan and Thomas Kastner, Asst. Public Defenders, High Point, for defendant-appellee.


HUSKINS, Justice:

The only question before the Court on this appeal is whether the Court of Appeals erred in holding that the pocketbook and its contents should have been suppressed. We answer in the affirmative and reverse.

It is apparent from the face of the record that the pocketbook in question was not the property of the defendant. In fact, defendant's possession of the pocketbook was the basis of the breaking, entering and larceny charge against him...

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