State v. Brown

STEELMAN, Judge.

Defendant’s motion to suppress evidence was properly denied when an informant’s anonymous tip was sufficiently corroborated by reliable and credible evidence, which established probable cause to arrest defendant.

I. Factual and Procedural Background

On 14 December 2002, Sergeant Charlie Disponzio (Disponzio) of the Cumberland County Sheriffs Department was dispatched to the scene of a reported shooting at the Coliseum Motel on Highway 301 in Fayetteville, North Carolina. At approximately 7:10 p.m., Disponzio arrived at the scene and received a briefing from the first responding…