State v. Wright

*126GRABER, J.

We decide two questions in this case. (1) In ruling on a pretrial motion to suppress evidence in a criminal case, based on an allegedly illegal search or seizure, is a trial court bound by the rules of evidence relating to the admissibility of hearsay? We answer that question “no.” (2) Was an out-of-court statement that an officer “observed” defendant, who was driving, to be “very visibly intoxicated” sufficient to allow a reasonable trier of fact to conclude that the officer had a reasonable suspicion that defendant was driving under the influence of intoxicants in violation of a…