State v. Harris, 483A89
| Decision Date | 10 May 1990 |
| Docket Number | No. 483A89,483A89 |
| Citation | 391 S.E.2d 187,326 N.C. 588 |
| Court | North Carolina Supreme Court |
| Parties | STATE of North Carolina v. Sterling Payton HARRIS Alias Davy Ray Bolder. |
Appeal of right by defendant pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 7A-30(1) (1989) from a unanimous decision of the Court of Appeals reported at 95 N.C.App. 691, 384 S.E.2d 50 (1989), affirming a judgment of imprisonment entered by Helms, J., on 7 July 1988 in Superior Court, Guilford County, upon defendant's plea of guilty to the felony of possession of a firearm by a felon, entered after the denial of his motion to suppress evidence. Defendant preserved his right to appeal from the denial of his motion to suppress pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 15A-979(b) (1988). Heard in the Supreme Court 11 April 1990.
Lacy H. Thornburg, Atty. Gen., by George W. Boylan, Sp. Deputy Atty. Gen., Raleigh, for the State.
Frederick G. Lind, Asst. Public Defender, Greensboro, for defendant-appellant.
AFFIRMED.
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