STATE v. WHITTED

No. 9212SC1237.

436 S.E.2d 275 (1993)

112 N.C. App. 604

STATE of North Carolina v. Wayne Oscar WHITTED, Jr., Defendant.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

November 16, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Attorney General Michael F. Easley by Sp. Deputy Atty. Gen. Thomas D. Zweigart, Raleigh, for the State.

Larry J. McGlothlin, Fayetteville, for defendant appellant.


ARNOLD, Chief Judge.

Defendant apparently concedes that stopping the vehicle and patting down defendant for weapons was constitutionally permissible. He argues that the issue is whether or not feeling the pebble in defendant's pocket, combined with all the surrounding circumstances, gave the officer probable cause to search defendant. We believe probable cause existed.

The officer knew that the car in which defendant was a passenger fled at high speed from...

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