State v. Graves

Defendant Judy Graves appeals the denial of her motion to suppress. She drove into a port of entry between Canada and the United States where a Vermont State Police officer observed signs of intoxication. He then conducted field sobriety tests and arrested her. She argued in her motion to suppress and argues on appeal that warrantless arrests by state officers are prohibited in the federal enclave. We affirm.

Defendant stopped at the port of entry in Derby, Vermont, returning from Canada to the United States. While stopped, a Vermont officer observed that her eyes were watery and bloodshot,…