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State v. Beveridge

Supreme Court of North Carolina
Jun 1, 1994
336 N.C. 601 (N.C. 1994)

Summary

declining to apply the plain feel exception where the officer conducted an external frisk and then exceeded the scope of that permissible frisk by asking the defendant to empty the contents of his pockets and where the officer's testimony did not establish the object was immediately recognizable as contraband during the frisk

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Opinion

No. 1A94

Filed 17 June 1994

On discretionary review pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 7A-31 from the decision of a divided panel of the Court of Appeals, 112 N.C. App. 688, 436 S.E.2d 912 (1993), vacating a judgment entered by Strickland, J., at the 27 July 1992 Criminal Session of Superior Court, Dare County. Heard in the Supreme Court 11 May 1994.

Michael F. Easley, Attorney General, by Anita LeVeaux Quigless, Assistant Attorney General, for the State-appellant.

Merrell, Barnes, Gladden Rose, by Edgar L. Barnes and Randy L. Jones, for defendant-appellee.


AFFIRMED.


Summaries of

State v. Beveridge

Supreme Court of North Carolina
Jun 1, 1994
336 N.C. 601 (N.C. 1994)

declining to apply the plain feel exception where the officer conducted an external frisk and then exceeded the scope of that permissible frisk by asking the defendant to empty the contents of his pockets and where the officer's testimony did not establish the object was immediately recognizable as contraband during the frisk

Summary of this case from State v. Johnson
Case details for

State v. Beveridge

Case Details

Full title:STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. MICHAEL SCOTT BEVERIDGE

Court:Supreme Court of North Carolina

Date published: Jun 1, 1994

Citations

336 N.C. 601 (N.C. 1994)
444 S.E.2d 223

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