State v. Orange

PARKER, Judge.

Defendant assigns error to the trial court’s failure to grant his pretrial motion to quash the warrant. First, defendant argues that the affidavit in support of a warrant failed to indicate to the magistrate how the affiant became aware of the fact of defendant’s alleged criminal activity. This contention is feckless. The affidavit states that Chowan County Sheriff Troy Toppin, the affiant himself, gave the order to disperse, and it is clear that he personally witnessed defendant’s subsequent refusal to comply.

Next, defendant contends that the warrant charges him with violation…