State v. Bradley

JACKSON, Judge.

On 25 July 2001, Sergeant James Christopher McClelland (“Sergeant McClelland”), a sixteen-year veteran of the North Carolina Highway Patrol, observed David Alan Bradley (“defendant”) turning left from a crossover onto U.S. 74 East. Sergeant McClelland noted that defendant’s “turn was so wide that he [defendant] went across that lane to the outside lane, almost went off the right side of the road, and he jerked it back.” Sergeant McClelland further testified that defendant’s vehicle crossed the fog line while turning onto U.S. 74. After following defendant’s vehicle for…