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PETITION OF SMITH

No. 8610SC29.

345 S.E.2d 423 (1986)

In re Petition of Kermit SMITH.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

July 15, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. Lacy H. Thornburg by Sp. Deputy Atty. Gen. Jacob Safron and Asst. Atty. Gen. James Peeler Smith, Raleigh, for respondent-appellant.

North Carolina Prisoner Legal Services, Inc. by Michael S. Hamden, Raleigh, for petitioner-appellee.

MARTIN, Judge.

The only issue involved in this appeal is the constitutionality of G.S. 148-18.1. We hold the statute constitutional and reverse the decision of the trial court.

G.S. 148-18.1, ratified 9 May 1983 and effective on and after that date, provides:

Any item of personal property which a prisoner in any correctional facility is prohibited from possessing by State law or which is not authorized by rules adopted by the Secretary of Correction...

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