State v. Winn

OPINION

WADE, Judge.

The defendant, Dwight D. Winn, pled guilty to simple possession of marijuana, a Class A misdemeanor, reserving a certified question of law for appeal. Tenn.R.Crim.P. 37(b)(2)®. The trial court imposed a sentence of eleven months and twenty-nine days and fined the defendant two hundred fifty dollars.

In this appeal, the defendant asserts that the trial court should have sustained his motion to suppress. Initially, the defendant asserts that the law enforcement officer had no basis to frisk him at the sobriety checkpoint. Secondly, the defendant questions whether the officer…