Legal Opinion
State v. Roark
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided June 12, 2007No. WD 67135PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RONALD R. HOLLIGER, Judge.
This is an appeal from a bench trial in which Scotty Ray Roark (“Roark”) was convicted of driving while intoxicated. Roark raises two claims of error. We do not reach the first question about the sufficiency of the evidence because the arresting officer lacked reasonable suspicion to stop Roark and conduct field sobriety testing. The judgment of conviction is reversed.
Factual and Procedural Background
Roark was driving east on highway 50 toward Sedalia, Missouri, when Trooper Douglas Barklage (“Barklage”) received a call from dispatch that a “possible intoxicated…
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