Legal Opinion
State v. Brotherton
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided September 27, 2010No. W2007-02016-SC-R11-CDPublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WILLIAM C. KOCH, JR., J.,
delivered the opinion of the Court,
in which JANICE M. HOLDER, C.J., CORNELIA A. CLARK, GARY R. WADE, and SHARON G. LEE, JJ„ joined.
This appeal involves an intoxicated driver who was stopped after a law enforcement officer saw what he believed to be a broken taillight on the driver’s automobile. In his prosecution for driving under the influence in the Circuit Court for Carroll County, the driver asserted that the taillight did not provide the officer with reasonable suspicion to stop his automobile. After the trial court denied his motion, the driver pleaded…
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