State v. Tarlton

BIGGS, Judge.

This appeal arises from the trial court’s denial of defendant’s motion to suppress evidence obtained as a result of a license checkpoint stop. Based on the reasoning stated herein, we affirm the decision of the trial court.

On 9 April 1999, Troopers Kubas and Slemenda of the North Carolina State Highway Patrol conducted a driver’s license checkpoint on Orange Grove Road in Orange County. Drew Allen Tarlton (defendant) was stopped at the checkpoint and Trooper Kubas (Kubas) checked his license and registration. While doing so, Kubas noticed that defendant had a “mild odor of…