State v. Ameqrane

VILLANTI, Judge.

The State appeals the trial court’s order granting Othmane Ameqrane’s motion to suppress. The trial court concluded that a police officer who conducted a traffic stop of Ameqrane’s vehicle did not possess the requisite reasonable suspicion that Ameqrane’s faculties were impaired by alcohol so as to justify the officer’s request that he perform a horizontal gaze nystag-mus (HGN) field sobriety test or any other field sobriety test. Based upon the uncon-troverted facts, we conclude that the trial court erred in its legal conclusion and, therefore, reverse and remand for further…