Hadaway v. Commonwealth

OPINION

VANMETER, Judge:

Ira Hadaway appeals from the Trigg Circuit Court opinion affirming the Trigg District Court judgment after a jury found him guilty of possession of an open alcohol beverage container in a motor vehicle and driving under the influence of alcohol (“DUI”). For the following reasons, we affirm.

In February 2008, Officers Neil Gardner and Curtis Davis pulled Hadaway over for driving erratically. Considering Hada-way’s appearance and smell, his belligerent behavior, his failure of field sobriety tests, and his passenger’s statement that they had both consumed several beers,…