State v. Styles

665 S.E.2d 438 (2008)

STATE of North Carolina

v.

Christopher Don STYLES.

No. 442A07.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

August 27, 2008.

Roy Cooper, Attorney General, by William B. Crumpler, Assistant Attorney General, for the State.

Charlotte Gail Blake, Jefferson, for defendant-appellant.

NEWBY, Justice.

In this case we must determine whether defendant's Fourth Amendment rights were violated by the traffic stop that led to his convictions. Because the stop of defendant's vehicle was constitutional, we affirm the decision of the Court of Appeals that affirmed the trial court's denial of defendant's…