State v. Blocker

STEPHENS, Judge.

On 12 October 2009, Defendant Denae Jiton Blocker was indicted bn 11 charges related to a hotel robbery. Blocker pled guilty to the consolidated charges pursuant to North Carolina v. Alford, 400 U.S. 25, 27 L. Ed. 2d 162 (1970), in Cumberland County Superior Court, the Honorable Gregory A. Weeks presiding. Following entry of her plea, but prior to sentencing, Blocker filed, pursuant to N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15A-980, a “Motion to Suppress Prior Conviction for Sentencing Purposes,” seeking suppression of a 2007 conviction that Blocker alleged was obtained in violation of her right…