State v. Tilleskjor

OPINION

NORTON, Judge.

This appeal is from a pretrial order suppressing an Intoxilyzer test result and dismissing misdemeanor DWI charges.

FACTS

In the early morning of September 10, 1991, Litchfield police officer Dennis Hanson observed respondent Deborah Tillesk-jor’s car exit an apartment complex parking lot in Litchfield. Hanson saw the car “brake suddenly or abruptly” before it entered the street. He continued driving past Tilleskjor’s car; however, when it later turned onto Highway 12, Hanson turned around to follow it.

Hanson testified that Tilleskjor’s “abrupt stop” was not a traffic…