State v. Pickett

ANDREASEN, Justice.

This case involves an appeal by the State of the trial court’s suppression of field sobriety tests conducted by a deputy sheriff on the defendant, Alvin Wayne Pickett. Pickett was arrested and charged by trial information with operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated, second offense, in violation of Iowa Code section 321J.2 (1995). He filed a pre-trial motion to suppress evidence gathered by the deputy sheriff. The trial court granted his motion. We granted the State’s application for discretionary review. Iowa R.Crim. P. 11(2); Iowa R.App. P. 201. Upon our review of the…