State v. Green

BRYANT, Judge.

Defendant’s sole argument on appeal is that the trial court erred in denying his motion to suppress evidence based upon his contention that the stop and search was illegal. For the reasons stated herein, we affirm the ruling of the trial court.

On 1 February 2006, Detective Leslie M. Wyatt, III (“Detective Wyatt”) of the New Hanover County Sheriff’s Office initiated a narcotics “sting” operation. Between approximately 10:30 and 11:00 a.m. that morning, Detective Wyatt, in the company of Detective Jonathan Hart (“Detective Hart”), instructed an informant to call a man the…