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State v. Mello

Supreme Court of North Carolina
Oct 1, 2010
364 N.C. 421 (N.C. 2010)

Summary

holding that erratic behavior and flight exhibited by the defendant’s companions could be used in the reasonable suspicion calculus

Summary of this case from State v. Augustin

Opinion

No. 490A09.

Filed 8 October 2010.

Appeal pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 7A-30(2) from the decision of a divided panel of the Court of Appeals, 200 N.C. App. ___, 684 S.E.2d 483 (2009), finding no error in a judgment entered on 10 December 2007 by Judge V. Bradford Long in Superior Court, Forsyth County. Heard in the Supreme Court 24 March 2010.

Roy Cooper, Attorney General, by Derrick C. Mertz, Assistant Attorney General, for the State. James R. Glover for defendant-appellant.


AFFIRMED.


Summaries of

State v. Mello

Supreme Court of North Carolina
Oct 1, 2010
364 N.C. 421 (N.C. 2010)

holding that erratic behavior and flight exhibited by the defendant’s companions could be used in the reasonable suspicion calculus

Summary of this case from State v. Augustin
Case details for

State v. Mello

Case Details

Full title:STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. GARY F. MELLO

Court:Supreme Court of North Carolina

Date published: Oct 1, 2010

Citations

364 N.C. 421 (N.C. 2010)

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