Commonwealth v. Knoppel

By Judge Thomas A. Fortkort

This case arose on appeal of a Driving While Intoxicated conviction from General District Court. Defendant, Marten Knoppel, moved to suppress evidence obtained in an investigatory stop of his automobile. The Court took the matter under advisement and proceeded to hear evidence. At the close of the Commonwealth’s case, the defendant moved to strike the Commonwealth’s evidence. For the reasons stated below, the Court sustains defendant’s motion to suppress and sustains defendant’s motion to strike.

The facts giving rise to this matter are outlined in the parties’…