State v. Egger

Defendant was convicted by a jury of driving under the influence of intoxicating liquor. ORS 483.992(2). He appeals from the resulting judgment, assigning as sole error the denial of his motion to suppress evidence of statements made by him to the police at the time of the incident. We affirm.

Because of the erratic manner in which defendant was operating his vehicle, Officer Weber pulled him over. As it happened this was within a few blocks of defendant’s home. There was evidence from which the court could find that after stopping defendant’s automobile, Weber asked defendant for his…