State v. Crawford

WYNN, Judge.

The State’s evidence tended to show that in February 1990, veteran Officer Stanton, assigned to the Charlotte Police Department’s drug task force, conducted ongoing surveillance of a four-block area encompassing an apartment at 2600 Kenhill Drive. He drove on Kenhill three to four times daily and saw people “in and around that apartment.” The officer also observed activity at 2600 Kenhill using a spotting telescope set up in a vacant apartment nearby. On 19 April 1990, Officer Stanton saw William Boyd leave his own apartment at 2617 carrying a small pouch. A woman later identified…