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STATE v. FIELDS

No. COA08-627.

673 S.E.2d 765 (2009)

STATE of North Carolina v. Duane E. FIELDS, Defendant.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

March 17, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Attorney General Roy Cooper, by Special Deputy Attorney General Grady L. Balentine, Jr., for the State.

Rudolf Widenhouse & Fialko, by M. Gordon Widenhouse, Jr., Chapel Hill, for defendant appellant.

HUNTER, JR., ROBERT N., Judge.

Duane Edward Fields ("defendant") appeals from an order of the trial court that denied his motion to suppress evidence obtained during a traffic stop. For reasons discussed herein, we reverse.

I. Background

At approximately 4:00 p.m. on 19 May 2005, Detective Heath Little ("Detective Little") of the Columbus County Sheriff's Office Drug Enforcement Unit was patrolling Highway 74 when he observed defendant's car. Detective...

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