State v. Gabriel

TYSON, Judge.

Fred Gabriel (“defendant”) appeals from an order entered denying his motion to suppress. We vacate the order appealed from and remand this case to the trial court to enter further findings of fact and conclusions of law.

I. Background

On 23 August 2006, Trooper C.J. White (“Trooper White”) and other members of the North Carolina State Highway Patrol established a driver’s license checkpoint at the intersection of Highway 1-85 and Glenwood Drive in Charlotte, North Carolina. Several armed robberies had occurred near this area the preceding week. In the most recent incident, the…