STATE v. VERKERK

No. 421A13.

758 S.E.2d 387 (2014)

STATE of North Carolina v. Dorothy Hoogland VERKERK.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

June 12, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roy Cooper , Attorney General, by Derrick C. Mertz and Lauren Tally Earnhardt , Assistant Attorneys General, for the State-appellant/appellee.

Law Office of Matthew Charles Suczynski, PLLC, Chapel Hill, by Matthew C. Suczynski and Michael R. Paduchowski , for defendant-appellant/appellee.


EDMUNDS, Justice.

Defendant Dorothy Verkerk pleaded guilty to the offense of driving while impaired, reserving her right to appeal the trial court's denial of her motion to suppress. The motion focused on whether a firefighter possessed legal authority to stop her car, not on the actions taken by or the evidence presented by the police officers who later stopped her again and charged her. Because she has never challenged the actions of the arresting officers, defendant...

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