Pierce v. State

Miller, Presiding Judge.

Following a stipulated bench trial, Takeya Pierce was convicted of driving under the influence of alcohol (DUI-less safe) (OCGA § 40-6-391 (a) (1)). On appeal, Pierce challenges the trial court’s denial of her motion to suppress, contending that the officer seized her without an articulable suspicion when he knocked on the window of her parked vehicle and asked her to roll it down. Discerning no error, we affirm.

When reviewing a trial court’s decision on a motion to suppress, this [C] ourt’s responsibility is to ensure that there was a substantial basis for the…