STATE v. THOMAS

No. 8518SC1128.

343 S.E.2d 588 (1986)

STATE of North Carolina v. John Ralph THOMAS.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

June 3, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. Thornburg by Asst. Atty. Gen. Thomas D. Zweigart, Raleigh, for State.

Cofer and Mitchell by William L. Cofer, Winston-Salem, for defendant-appellant.


WHICHARD, Judge.

For reasons set forth below, we hold that the court properly denied the motion to suppress defendant's incriminating statements, but erred in denying his motion to suppress the physical evidence agents obtained when they searched his luggage without a warrant. Accordingly, the order denying defendant's motion to suppress is affirmed in part and reversed in part, and the judgment entered upon defendant's plea of guilty is vacated.

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