State v. Wells

HILL, Judge.

The State’s evidence tends to show that on 16 February 1981 North Carolina State Highway Patrolman W. F. Preast saw defendant driving a car on rural paved road 1511. When the officer tried to stop the car, defendant backed it approximately three hundred feet before he stopped. When Officer Preast asked to see his driver’s license, defendant said he did not have one. Defendant got out of his car and walked without difficulty, but the officer noticed the odor of alcohol on his breath. He arrested defendant for driving under the influence of intoxicating liquor and driving without an…