Commonwealth v. Carkhuff

The Commonwealth appeals from an order allowing the defendant’s motion to suppress evidence obtained when his vehicle was stopped by a State trooper while traveling past the Cobble Mountain Reservoir. After stopping the defendant, the trooper observed indicia of intoxication and arrested the defendant for operation of a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor. The defendant moved to suppress all evidence obtained as a result of the stop on the ground *123that it violated both the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution and art. 14 of the Massachusetts Declaration…