State v. Fulp

TYSON, Judge.

Bryant Renard Fulp (“defendant”) was indicted by the Forsyth County grand jury for felonious possession of stolen goods and for being an habitual felon on 10 March 1997. Defendant subsequently moved to suppress one of the three convictions used to support the habitual felon indictment. Pursuant to G.S. § 15A-980, defendant argued that a 1993 Rockingham County conviction used in the habitual felon indictment was obtained in violation of his right to counsel. The trial court denied the suppression motion on the grounds that defendant could not collaterally attack the prior…