In State v. Golphin, 352 N.C. 364, 405, 533 S.E.2d 168, 198 (2000), cert. denied, 532 U.S. 931, 121 S. Ct. 1379, 149 L. Ed. 2d 305 (2001) defendants argued the trial court erred in denying a pretrial motion to suppress a statement made by one of the defendants. The North Carolina Supreme Court stated: A motion in limine was not sufficient to preserve for appeal the question of admissibility of evidence if the defendant does not object to that evidence at the time it is offered at trial. As a pretrial motion to suppress is a type of motion in limine, defendant's pretrial motion to suppress is not sufficient to preserve for appeal the question of the admissibility of his statement because he did not object at the time the statement was offered into evidence. In addition, . . . defendant's assignment of error does not include plain error as an alternative . . . and his brief contains no specific argument that there is plain error in the instant case. Accordingly, defendant's argument is not properly before this Court. Id. at 405, 533 S.E.2d at 198-99.