STATE v. LOPEZ

No. 904SC58.

398 S.E.2d 886 (1990)

101 N.C. App. 217

STATE of North Carolina v. George LOPEZ.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

December 18, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Attorney Gen. Lacy H. Thornburg by Asst. Atty. Gen. Norma S. Harrell, Raleigh, for the State.

Janet M. Lyles, Legal Services of the Lower Cape Fear, Wilmington, for defendant-appellant.


DUNCAN, Judge.

On 15 February 1989, police officers in Jacksonville, North Carolina executed a search warrant on Room 225 of the local Econo Motor Lodge. When the officers entered the room, it was occupied by Carmen and Carlos Hernandez and a minor child. The police found a white sock containing a quantity of white powder in the bathtub. The white powder was subsequently analyzed as being 70.5 grams of cocaine.

While the police officers were in the room, George...

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