State v. Veazey

BRYANT, Judge.

On 1 January 2006, defendant Thomas Marland Veazey was charged with driving without a valid license and driving while impaired (“DWI”) after being stopped at a driver’s license checkpoint. Defendant was found guilty of DWI in district court and appealed to superior court. Prior to trial, defendant moved to suppress all evidence obtained at the checkpoint, alleging that his detention at the checkpoint was unconstitutional. Following a hearing, the trial court denied the motion and defendant subsequently pled no contest to DWI at the 5 June 2007 criminal session of Stokes County…