STATE v. COOPER

No. 134.

286 S.E.2d 102 (1982)

STATE of North Carolina v. William Lee COOPER.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

January 12, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rufus L. Edmisten, Atty. Gen. by Myron C. Banks, Sp. Deputy Atty. Gen., Raleigh, for the State.

Donald H. Solomon, Raleigh, for defendant-appellee.


HUSKINS, Justice.

The sole question posed by this case is whether Officer Ray's search of the passenger compartment of defendant's truck following his custodial arrest violated the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution, i.e., whether this case is within the scope of New York v. Belton, ___ U.S. ___, 101 S.Ct. 2860, 69 L.Ed.2d 768 (1981).

In Belton, the United States Supreme Court held that when a police officer...

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