Metzker v. State

OPINION

SINGLETON, Judge.

Norman E. Metzker pled no contest to driving while intoxicated (DWI), AS 28.35.-030, preserving the right to appeal the denial of his motion to suppress the fruits of an alleged improper stop.

During the early morning hours of October 6, 1988, Alaska State Trooper Gregory Olson responded to a dispatch concerning a disturbance at the Kashim Bar. Upon arriving at the scene, a witness informed him that a woman, later identified as Sharon Yates, had been assaulted and had left the premises to go to the Roadhouse Bar. As he spoke with Trooper Olson, the witness observed…