STATE v. BEAM

No. 524PA88.

381 S.E.2d 327 (1989)

325 N.C. 217

STATE of North Carolina v. Lillie Ann BEAM.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

July 26, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lacy H. Thornburg, Atty. Gen. by James C. Gulick, Sp. Deputy Atty. Gen., and David N. Kirkman, Associate Atty. Gen., Raleigh, for the State.

Watson and Hunt by Charlie A. Hunt, Jr., Spruce Pine, for defendant-appellee.


FRYE, Justice.

The issue before this Court is whether the evidence presented to the issuing magistrate, when taken as a whole, provides a substantial basis to support the magistrate's finding of probable cause for the issuance of the search warrant. We answer in the affirmative and reverse the Court of Appeals' decision which affirmed the trial court's order suppressing the evidence.

The facts, basically undisputed, are as follows: On 7 February 1987, Detective...

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