State v. SWIEK

[¶ 1] Stanley J. Swiek appeals from a judgment of conviction of operating under the influence (Class D), 29-A M.R.S. § 2411(1-A)(A), (5) (2007), entered in the Superior Court (Knox County, Horton, J.) upon his conditional guilty plea. Swiek contends that the court (Marden, J.) erred in denying his motion to suppress evidence obtained during a traffic stop executed by two plainclothes officers. See 29-A M.R.S. § 105(1) (2007) (providing that an officer has the authority to stop a motor vehicle upon reasonable and articulable suspicion “if the officer is in uniform”). We affirm Swiek’s…