State v. Woolard

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NORTH CAROLINA No. 208PA22 Filed 15 December 2023 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. MELVIN RAY WOOLARD, JR. On writ of certiorari pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 7A-32(b) to review order granting defendant’s motion to suppress entered on 29 March 2022 by Judge Darrell B. Cayton Jr. in District Court, Beaufort County. Heard in the Supreme Court on 13 September 2023. Joshua H. Stein, Attorney General, by Kathryne E. Hathcock, Special Deputy Attorney General, for the State-appellant. The Robinson Law Firm, P.A., by Leslie S. Robinson, for defendant-appellee. EARLS, Justice. On 11 April…