State v. McLeod

BRYANT, Judge.

Defendant appeals from judgments and commitments entered 14 May 2008 after a jury returned a verdict of guilty on the charge of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. For the reasons stated herein, we affirm the trial court’s ruling on the motion to suppress, but remand for a new trial.

The evidence presented at trial tended to show that Deputy Janie M. Rowe, a twelve year employee of the Wake County Sheriff’s Office, testified that she was working on the south side of Wake County on 26 October 2007. On that date, Deputy Rowe and fellow Deputy Darrell Morris responded to a…