STATE v. SELLARS

No. COA11-1315.

730 S.E.2d 208 (2012)

STATE of North Carolina v. William Wesley SELLARS, Jr.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

August 7, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Attorney General Roy Cooper , by Assistant Attorney General Derrick C. Mertz , for the State.

Appellate Defender Staples Hughes , by Assistant Appellate Defender Benjamin Dowling-Sendor , for appellant-defendant.


STEELMAN, Judge.

Under the rationale of State v. Brimmer, any prolonged detention of defendant for the purpose of a drug dog-sniff of defendant's vehicle was de minimis, and did not violate defendant's constitutional rights.

I. Factual and Procedural Background

The State appeals the trial court's order granting defendant's motion to suppress the drugs seized during a traffic stop of William Sellers ("defendant") that occurred...

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