WILMINGTON, N.C. (WRMT) – Gerald Jacobs, Jr., from Wilmington, loses appeal and is sentenced to more than four years in prison after being convicted on drug charges on Tuesday.
Jacobs argued that his motion to suppress evidence in his 2022 court case was wrongfully denied.
On March 29, 2019, Jacobs was arrested after a traffic stop. The reason for the traffic stop was because the Wilmington police officer said he was able to smell unburnt marijuana coming from the vehicle.
Heroin, powder cocaine, crack cocaine, a MDMA tablet and approximately sixteen grams of marijuana where found inside Jacobs’ vehicle, according to Wilmington Police Officers.
Jacobs disagreed with the claims made by the officer stating during his appeal, “the officer did not witness a traffic violation, and his claims of smelling unburnt marijuana emanating from Defendant’s vehicle were ‘inherently incredible.’
However, the North Carolina Court of Appeals ruled against Jacobs, claiming that he failed to prove that the officer lacked reasonable suspicion to initiate the traffic stop. He was later convicted of one count of possession with intent to sell and deliver MDMA, one count of trafficking in cocaine by transportation and one count of possession with intent to sell and deliver heroin.
Jacobs was given a $50,000 fine and sentenced to 52-90 months in prison.
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