STATE v. BURROUGHS

No. COA06-1263.

648 S.E.2d 561 (2007)

STATE of North Carolina v. Anthony BURROUGHS.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

August 21, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Attorney General Roy A. Cooper, III, by Special Counsel Isaac T. Avery, III and Assistant Attorneys General William B. Crumpler and Michael R. Epperly, for the State-appellant.

Nixon, Park, Gronquist & Foster, PLLC, by James Gronquist, Charlotte, for defendant-appellee.

Morrow, Alexander & Porter PLLC, by John C. Vermitsky, for the North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, Winston, amicus curiae.


HUNTER, Judge.

The State appeals from an order granting a pretrial motion to suppress certain evidence in the case against Anthony Burroughs ("defendant"), who was charged with driving while impaired ("DWI"). After careful review, we reverse and remand for additional findings of fact.

On 26 March 2005, officers from the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department ("CMPD") set up a DWI checkpoint (also referred to as a "sobriety checkpoint") on a certain section...

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