State v. Mangum

ZACHARY, Judge.

*714 Where the trial court's findings of fact were supported by competent evidence, and its conclusions of law were supported by the findings of fact, the trial court properly denied defendant's motion to suppress the stop of his vehicle.

I. Factual and Procedural Background

On March 2013 at approximately 6:55 p.m., Lieutenant James Andrews of the Grifton, North Carolina Police Department received an anonymous phone call about an intoxicated person driving a black, *715 four-door Hyundai leaving a Dollar General store and traveling north on Highland Boulevard. Shortly thereafter, Lt.…