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A man who was convicted in Alamance County of possessing and trafficking heroin appealed his 2019 conviction, saying he thought a warrantless search of his vehicle was illegal. In a decision earlier this week, the North Carolina Court of Appeals agreed with the decision of the lower court that the warrantless search was legal, thereby upholding the defendant s conviction.
In August 2016, Rodney King, who at that time was a detective with the Graham Police Department, was investigating drug crimes in Alamance County. He spoke with a man who said he bought heroin from Yaw Harrison, 39, of Durham.
On Sept. 2, 2016, the informant told King that Harrison was scheduled to deliver him heroin later that day, according to court records. King, along with about eight other officers, conducted surveillance and followed the vehicle from Harrison s Durham residence to the Mebane home. Officers didn t observe any traffic violations, so King told two of the other officers to stop the vehicle