King v. State

Melvin Mayfield, Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment of conviction, entered upon a conditional plea of nolo contendere, for driving while intoxicated, first offense. Appellant argues that the trial court erred in denying his motion to suppress.

At the suppression hearing held May 16, 1991, Officer Jim Ragland, who is employed by the City of Marshall, testified that he and Deputy Sheriff George Sutterfield were together in Ragland’s patrol car on Highway 27 North, inside the Marshall city limits, when he looked into his rear view mirror and saw a car go off the edge of the highway onto the…