STEELMAN, Judge.
An officer's stop of a motor vehicle based upon a mistaken belief that a speeding violation occurred is not objectively reasonable and cannot support probable cause to stop the vehicle. The trial court correctly concluded that the fruits of such a stop must be suppressed.
While patrolling Ocracoke Island on 16 May 2005, Deputy Matthew Shane Bryan ("Deputy Bryan") observed William Roger McLamb ("defendant") driving a sports utility vehicle...
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