State v. Johnson

ELMORE, Judge.

On 14 November 2004, Deputy Stacey Jarrell of the Guilford County Sheriff’s Department noticed a red Ford Mustang parked diagonally. Kenneth Richard Johnson (defendant) “entered the vehicle, he put the car in reverse; he backed up a little bit; he put it in park; he went forward a little bit; then he put it in reverse again; backed up a little bit, and then put it in park and drove away.” Deputy Jarrell testified that “[t]here was nothing obstructing the vehicle” that would necessitate such maneuvers. Deputy Jarrell noticed that the Mustang had Ohio license tags; she ran the…