Legal Opinion

State v. Sutton

Court of Appeals of North Carolina

Decided June 5, 2018No. COA17-35PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

STROUD, Judge.

*892 Defendant appeals from the trial court's order denying his motion to suppress all evidence recovered as a result of a traffic stop and subsequent dog sniff. Although the law enforcement officer had seen defendant's truck cross only once about one inch over the double yellow lines on a curvy road, crossing the center line is a traffic violation which is sufficient to justify the stop. After the stop, the officer's observations of defendant and additional information that defendant had drugs in the truck gave the officer reasonable suspicion to request a canine sniff of the car,…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Rodriguez v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2015
  2. State v. BiberSupreme Court of North Carolina · 2011
  3. State v. BardenSupreme Court of North Carolina · 2002
  4. State v. JohnsonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 2017
  5. State v. DerbyshireCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 2013

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. POLK v. ALDRIDGEDistrict Court, M.D. North Carolina · 2023
  2. State v. HunterCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 2022
  3. State v. HunterCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 2022

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