State v. Richards

TYSON, Judge.

Dale Walker Richards ("defendant") appeals the denial of his pretrial motion to suppress. A jury found him to be guilty of trafficking in heroin by possession. We dismiss.

I. Background

On 20 June 2001, defendant arrived in Raleigh, North Carolina, on a bus at 1:35 p.m. Officer Gary Toler ("Officer Toler") of the Wake County Sheriff's Office, along with Detective Mike Smith ("Detective Smith") of the Raleigh Police Department, and Raleigh police officers Anna Fernandez ("Officer Fernandez") and Wayne Muller ("Officer Muller") were working drug interdiction at the bus terminal.…