State v. Armstrong

CALABRIA, Judge.

The State appeals, pursuant to N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15A-979 and § 15A-1445(b), an order granting Thomas Armstrong’s (“defendant”) motion to suppress evidence seized by virtue of a search without a search warrant. We reverse and remand.

About 1:45 a.m. on 13 February 2012, Officers Jonathan Scher (“Officer Scher”) and Bryce Carr (“Officer Carr”) (collectively “the officers”) of the Gastonia Police Department observed a black Chevrolet Impala (“the Impala”) execute a three-point turn in the middle of an intersection, strike a parked vehicle, and continue traveling on the left side…