State v. Veál

McCullough, judge.

Douglas Eugene Veal (“defendant”) appeals the order of the trial court, denying his motion to suppress evidence. For the following reasons, we affirm the order of the trial court.

I. Background

On 4 July 2011, Officer Rodney Cloer of the Asheville Police Department (“Officer Cloer”) was dispatched to a report of an intoxicated driver in a green Chevy truck at the Citistop gas station located at 760 Haywood Road. The report of an intoxicated person came through dispatch from an employee at the Citistop gas station. Dispatch reported that there was a very intoxicated male…