STATE v. SALINAS

No. 401A11.

729 S.E.2d 63 (2012)

STATE of North Carolina v. Jose Guadalupe SALINAS.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

June 14, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roy Cooper , Attorney General, by Jess D. Mekeel , Assistant Attorney General, for the State-appellant.

Staples S. Hughes , Appellate Defender, by Barbara S. Blackman , Assistant Appellate Defender, for defendant-appellee.


JACKSON, Justice.

After defendant appealed his district court conviction for driving while impaired, the superior court granted defendant's motion to suppress based upon its conclusion that there was not probable cause to stop defendant's vehicle because of the contradictory testimony of the arresting officers and the allegations contained in defendant's affidavit. In this appeal, we consider whether the superior court applied the correct legal standard and made sufficient...

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