Court Opinion

ID: 9566869
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-21 19:44:11.091656+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:40:41.959524
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TIMMONS-GOODSON, Judge,
concurring in the result.
“The scope of review on appeal of the denial of a defendant’s motion to suppress is strictly limited to determining whether the trial court’s findings of fact are supported by competent evidence, in which case they are binding on appeal, and in turn, whether those findings support the trial court’s conclusions of law.” State v. Corpening, 109 N.C. App. 586, 587-88, 427 S.E.2d 892, 893 (1993). In the instant case, because I believe the trial court’s findings of fact are insufficient to support its ultimate conclusions of law, I agree with the holding reached by the majority.