Commonwealth v. Cauley

OPINION BY FITZGERALD, J.:

Appellant, Daniel Patrick Cauley, appeals from the judgment of sentence entered in the Westmoreland County Court of Common Pleas, following his conviction for driving under the influence, highest rate of alcohol. 1 Appellant contends on appeal that the police did not have reasonable suspicion to conduct field sobriety-tests. We hold that police officers may conduct sobriety tests after a citizen effectuates an encounter when the officer observes evidence of alcohol intoxication as a result of the encounter, and the officer observed the citizen driving a vehicle…