State v. Curles

Doyle, Judge.

In this DUI prosecution, the State appeals from the trial court’s grant of Seth Weston Curies’s motion to suppress his statements to police and the results of field sobriety, breathalyzer, and blood alcohol tests. We reverse, for reasons that follow.

In reviewing a trial court’s decision on a motion to suppress which in effect precludes the prosecution of a criminal defendant, our responsibility is to ensure that there was a substantial basis for the decision. To that end, we will not disturb a trial court’s factual findings if there is any evidence to support them and, in…