Frette v. City of Springdale

959 S.W.2d 734 (1998)

331 Ark. 103

Paul FRETTE, Appellant,

v.

CITY OF SPRINGDALE, Appellee,

No. CR 97-712.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

January 15, 1998.

Kenneth Osborne, Fayetteville, for Appellant.

Winston Bryant, Atty. Gen., J. Brent Standridge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, for Appellee.

IMBER, Justice.

The primary issue in this case is whether a police officer acted lawfully in ordering appellant, Paul Frette, the occupant of a parked tractor-trailer, out of his vehicle. The officer, who suspected that Frette was intoxicated, acted solely on the basis of a tip phoned in by an identified citizen…