Court Opinion

ID: 9605472
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 02:37:34.734721+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:16:42.812874
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Judge Greene
concurring in the result.
The defendant’s primary argument in support of the order of suppression is that the Roanoke Rapids police officer acted beyond his territorial jurisdiction in transporting the defendant to another jurisdiction, the town of Halifax, for the purpose of securing an Intoxilyzer test. Neither party disputes that the officer had authority to make the arrest, as the arrest occurred within the officer’s jurisdiction of the town limits of Roanoke Rapids. I agree with the State that the limits on the territorial authority of the police contained in N.C. Gen. Stat. § 160A-285 and § 160A-286 do not preclude the transportation of a person after arrest to another destination, including a place outside of the territorial jurisdiction of the arresting officer, for the purpose of administering a test of the defendant’s breath in compliance with N.C. Gen. Stat. 20-16.2(a). N.C.G.S. §§ 160A-285, -286 (1994); see also N.C.G.S. § 20-16.2(a) (Supp. 1997). Because the order of the trial court was based on the belief that the transportation of the defendant to Halifax, for the purpose of securing a Intoxilyzer test, was in violation of the officer’s authority, that order must be reversed. On this basis, I concur with the result reached by the majority.