Hall v. State

BRIAN QUINN, Justice.

Appellant, Shawn O’Brien Hal1, appealed his conviction for driving while intoxicated. The three points of error he asserted concern the trial court’s refusal to 1) submit a jury instruction addressing the validity of the initial stop conducted by the police officers, 2) suppress evidence obtained via an allegedly illegal stop, and 3) grant a directed verdict once the supposedly inadmissible evidence is suppressed. We need only consider the second for it is disposi-tive, and, upon considering it, we reverse the judgment and remand the cause.

Background

On September 9, 2000,…