State v. Sellers

HILL, Judge.

The State’s evidence tends to show that Charlotte police officer W. F. Christmas first observed defendant after midnight on 6 May 1980 standing beside a 1969 Cadillac automobile in a service station parking lot. Christmas observed that defendant’s pants were torn. “He said he had been in a fight with his brother, that it was a family quarrel, and that his brother and whoever was with him had already gone back home or had left the scene.” Christmas further testified that defendant smelled strongly of alcohol, his eyes were bloodshot, and he staggered when he walked. Christmas…