A 6-1 decision from the N.C. Supreme Court reverses the N.C. Court of Appeals and reinstates a DWI conviction in a 2009 Pamlico County case. The state’s highest court ruled that a state trooper had a “reasonable suspicion” to stop driver Kevin Earl Griffin when Griffin stopped in the middle of the roadway and attempted to turn before reaching a traffic checkpoint. The dissent in the case contends that Griffin’s turn was legal and that the evidence is unclear about whether Griffin was attempting to evade the checkpoint.