State v. Townsend

BRYANT, Judge.

Defendant’s Knoll motion was properly dismissed where the magistrate followed N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15A-511(b) in informing defendant of his rights and in setting an option bond such that any technical statutory violation committed by the magistrate was not prejudicial to defendant. Where the State presented sufficient evidence such that a reasonable person could believe defendant committed the offense of driving while impaired, the trial court properly denied defendant’s motion to suppress for lack of probable cause. A technical statutory violation committed by the trial court…