State v. Johnson

The superior court correctly denied Defendant’s motion to suppress.Defendant was pulled over for driving at an unsafe speed given the road conditions and cited for driving while impaired. Defendant filed a motion to suppress, which the superior court ultimately denied. Defendant eventually pleaded guilty to driving while impaired while preserving his right to appeal the denial of his motion to suppress. The court of appeals reversed, concluding that the traffic stop was unconstitutional because the police officer who pulled Defendant over did not have reasonable suspicion to do so. The Supreme Court reversed, holding that the traffic stop was constitutional because the officer had reasonable suspicion to initiate the traffic stop. View "State v. Johnson" on Justia Law