State v. Scruggs

BRYANT, Judge.

Where no error in a defendant’s stop and arrest rises to the level of a substantial violation of Chapter 15A, the trial court does not err in denying the defendant’s motion to suppress the evidence obtained as a result thereof.

Facts

Around 11 p.m. on 17 July 2009, Officers J.B. Smith and M.A. Graves of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (“UNCG”) Police Department, were assigned to assist with a traffic checkpoint being conducted by the North Carolina A&T State University (“A&T”) Police Department on the A&T campus in Greensboro. The checkpoint was canceled due to…