Commonwealth v. Huggins

The defendant, Lance Huggins, raises a single issue following his conviction of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor, second offense:1 whether the judge erred in finding that the charge was supported by probable cause when both the police and the judge relied in part on evidence that, at the scene, the defendant refused to perform field sobriety tests. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

*108Background. The defendant’s pretrial motion to “dismiss/ suppress” sought two different types of relief — the suppression of evidence and the dismissal of the charge.…