State v. Hatley

STEPHENS, Judge.

Defendant pled guilty to driving while impaired in violation ' of N.C. Gen. Stat. § 20-138.1 after the trial court denied her motion to suppress the results of an intoxilyzer test. Defendant appeals the denial of her motion. Because she specifically notified the State and the trial court of her intention to appeal, Defendant preserved the issue for appellate review notwithstanding her guilty plea. N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15A-979(b) (2005); State v. McBride, 120 N.C. App. 623, 463 S.E.2d 403 (1995), aff’d per curiam, 344 N.C. 623, 476 S.E.2d 106 (1996).

We first observe that Defendant…