STATE v. HICKS

No. 822SC562.

298 S.E.2d 180 (1982)

STATE of North Carolina v. Donnell HICKS. STATE of North Carolina v. John David JONES. STATE of North Carolina v. Linda COOPER.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

December 21, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. Rufus L. Edmisten by Asst. Atty. Gen. David Gordon, Raleigh, for the State.

Wilkinson & Vosburgh by John A. Wilkinson and James R. Vosburgh, Washington, for defendants-appellants.


BRASWELL, Judge.

Defendants' two questions presented on appeal raise the basic issue of whether a search warrant, allegedly invalid on its face for lack of facts to show probable cause, can be made valid by voir dire testimony and contemporary, unattached written memorandum, which, when taken all together, show legal probable cause to search for illicit controlled substances. We answer yes, and hold that the trial judge's findings of facts were supported by...

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