Gabriel Atkinson v. State of Indiana

OPINION

CRONE, Judge.

Case Summary

In February 2012, a sheriffs deputy observed and followed Gabriel Atkinson as he drove along a highway in Clinton County. The deputy eventually stopped Atkinson based on Atkinson’s repeated drifting from the far right side over the fog line and back to the center line. During the stop, Atkinson told the deputy that he was a habitual traffic violator (“HTV”). The State charged Atkinson with class D felony operating a vehicle as an HTV. Atkinson filed a pretrial motion- to suppress the evidence obtained as a result of the traffic stop, which the trial court…