State v. Doyon

The State appeals the district court’s determination that there was no justifiable basis for the stop that led to defendant’s arrest for driving while intoxicated. We reverse.

At approximately two-thirty in the morning of May 22,1999, a state trooper observed defendant operating a vehicle close to or on the centerline of a paved highway. The officer then observed defendant’s vehicle swerve to the right and then eventually turn into a driveway. The officer followed defendant after he pulled back onto the highway and drove first onto one dirt road, and then another. Defendant drove down the…