Commonwealth v. Johnson

By Judge Victor V. Ludwig

I am writing to inform the parties of the Court’s decision concerning Mr. Johnson’s Motion to Suppress, which the parties argued on March 12, 2012. For the reasons recited in this letter, I grant the motion.

Findings of Fact

On June 18, 2011, Deputy Carter of the Augusta County Sheriff’s Department received an alert regarding a vehicle that was swerving. Carter followed the vehicle and observed that the driver turned without signaling, weaved, and again turned without signaling. Carter initiated a traffic stop. The Defendant, Michael Stuart Johnson, was the operator of…