State v. Haislip

The State of North Carolina seeks review of the unanimous Court of Appeals decision reversing the denial of defendant’s motion to suppress the evidence used to convict her for driving while impaired and remanding for appropriate findings of fact and conclusions of law as to the constitutionality of a checkpoint. The State asserts that the Court of Appeals erred in holding that (1) defendant was “stopped” within the meaning of the Fourth Amendment; and (2) the constitutionality of the checkpoint is at issue, in that defendant evaded the checkpoint.

On review of a motion to suppress evidence, an…